For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering.

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

There is something divine in mindless beauty.

In the age of ideologies, we must make up our minds about murder. If murder has rational foundations, then our period and we ourselves have significance. If it has no such foundations, then we are plunged into madness there is no way out except to find some significance or to desist.