As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

Everything in this world has a hidden meaning, I thought. Men, animals, trees, stars, they are all hieroglyphics; woe to anyone who begins to decipher them and guess what they mean.... When you see them, you do not understand them. You think they are really men, animals, trees, stars. It is only years later, too late, that you understand.

Be sure to live up to your reputation for honesty and goodness, because many souls who believe you to be honest and good have placed themselves in your hands.

God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

We are not men, to have need of another, an eternal life; we are women, and for us one moment with man we love is everlasting Paradise, one moment far from the man we love is everlasting hell. It is here on earth that we women love out eternity

To succeed, you must first believe you can.

Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.