As long as there are flowers and children and birds in the world, have no fears: everything will be fine.
Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting.
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.