All these young millionaires were anarchists, of course: when a man possesses everything it is the supreme luxury for him to deny society: for in that way he can evade his responsibilities

Each man must learn his own ideal and try to accomplish it: that is a surer way of progress than to take the ideas of another.

Every race, every art has its hypocrisy. The world is fed with a little truth and many lies.

There is no joy other than the joy of creating. There is no man who is truly alive other than one who is creating. All others are just shadows on the earth with nothing to do with being alive. The joy of living, whether it is love or action, is the joy of creating.

Passion is like genius: a miracle.

Most men are essentially dead by thirty.

One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.