I understood, not with my intellect but with my whole being, that no theories of the rationality of existence or of progress could justify such an act; I realized that even if all the people in the world from the day of creation found this to be necessary according to whatever theory, I knew that it was not necessary and that it was wrong. Therefore, my judgments must be based-on what is right and necessary and not on what people say and do; I must judge not according to progress but according to my own heart.

Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness

If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace.

Pierre was one of those people who are strong only when they feel themselves perfectly pure.

Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won't come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn.

Boredom is desire seeking desire.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.