It is not peace that I seek, but life.

Passion is like genius: a miracle.

The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India will topple our world.

Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat.

Most men are essentially dead by thirty.

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

You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.