There is so much sttuborn hope in a human heart.

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.

Shape yourself before the world shapes you.

There is more stupidity around than hydrogen and it has longer shelf life.

To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory.

The man slips along the stoically congealed houses Perpendicular like them A moving ornament Burning fiction His fragility contradicts the duration of his torments

We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

What this means is that the first week of every new series of ads will continue to yield softer results than you can expect to see in weeks two and three.

Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite.

Players don't really ask for much or want much. But the things that they do need are important.

You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.