Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it through suffering. The suffering should be inflicted with the aim of bringing the soul to recognize freely some day that its infliction was just.

Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.

Algebra and money are essentially levelers; the first intellectually, the second effectively.

The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.

To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).