It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

To drink is a small matter. To be thirsty is everything.

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful prizes slip through it.

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows.

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding.

In the beds which the piety of the public has prepared on every side, stricken men await the verdict of fate.

I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.

There can only be two basic loves... the love of God unto the forgetfulness of self, or the love of self unto the forgetfulness and denial of God.

Life is a wave of love in the ocean of humanity.

Beauty appears when something is completely and absolutely and openly itself.

There are many reasons to be simple. It’s simply to learn effectively, to work positively, to communicate actively and to live successfully.

Think positive, Butch.

I am ready to accept all accusations, allegations, anger - but I have to succeed.

He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.

The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

But I've married a deeply sensible person who is extremely good at talking me down from my various ledges, and who takes care of me in a billion ways.

And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree so that I did not notice how much it was hurting inside my head.