Is one to die voluntarily or to hope in spite of everything?

There is scarcely any passion without struggle.

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.

What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a meaning to an infinite number of objects. The world comes to a stop, but also lights up.

What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support.

Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.

Prayer is a sacred-communication.

Every family is a ghost story.

Every normal family is one tragedy away from complete implosion.

It was youWho opened meLooked into my soulTo study meYou revealed youTo uncover me.

Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The thought, 'I can't' is a lie. We use it to excuse ourselves from trying.

A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world.

I like auditioning. I like working on material. I just love working.

Well, changes have been made. The question is whether we've done enough by way of change.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.