Dieu, c'est le voile mystérieux sous lequel nous cachons notre ignorance de la cause première. God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.

The altruism of foresters can serve as a motto for humanity in general: "We reap what we have not sown. We sow what we do not reap."

To succeed in science, one must doubt; to succeed in life, one must be sure.

Civilization is the art of creating useless needs.

La vérité est sur une courbe dont notre ésprit suit éternellement l'asymptote. Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.

Truth is different from error in two respects: it is a little harder to prove and more difficult to admit.

God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.

What are we doing down here? We prepare the blossoms of tomorrow. We all manure future humanity.

The paradox is the seed of truth. This germ just needs a fertile ground to flourish and bear fruit.

Pour réussir dans la science, il faut douter; pour réussir dans la vie, il faut être sûr. To succeed in science, one must doubt; to succeed in life, one must be sure.

Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.

So I take my lover, my king, and I put him in a pedestal and I cut him down. A man, like the ones who ruined the world.

You’ve probably heard it before—if not, you’ve likely experienced it yourself.

The best thing about serial drama - especially about screwball comedy - is blocked love.

Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.

I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.

Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else.

We have a moral obligation to be interesting, for our gospel is loaded with life-and-death interest for people.

People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.

If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses.