Love is a fault; so be it.

The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.

...Human thought has no limit. At its risk and peril, it analyzes and dissects its own fascination. We could almost say that, by a sort of splendid reaction, it fascinates nature; the mysterious world surrounding us returns what it receives; it is likely that contemplators are contemplated.

The soul has greater need of the ideal than of the real

To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Those who live are those who fight.