Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.

The supreme ordeal, let us say rather, the only ordeal, is the loss of the beloved being.

The production of souls is the secret of unfathomable depth.

Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.