God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.

Men are not on such intimate terms with the sublime that they really can believe in it

I have, I believe, the courage to doubt everything; I have, I believe, the courage to fight against everything; but I do not have the courage to acknowledge anything, the courage to possess, to own anything.

It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.

Sleeping is the height of genius

Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.

I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.