to live means to lack something at every moment

What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?

The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect.

His heart is a desert island.... The whole scope, the whole energy of his mind surround and protect him; his depths isolate him and guard him against the truth. He flatters himself that he is entirely alone there.... Patience, dear lady. Perhaps, one day, he will discover some footprint on the sand.... What holy and happy terror, what salutary fright, once he recognizes in that pure sign of grace that his island is mysteriously inhabited!

Peace is a virtual, mute, sustained victory of potential powers against probable greeds

To hit someone means to adopt his point of view.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.