Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.

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.

We're going to start with small, easy things; then, little by little we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we finish the big things, we shall undertake the impossible.

All roads lead to the earth; the abyss leads to God. Jump!

You do miracles if you concentrate your mind on one thing and one thing only.

Good Lord, how can the rich bear to die?