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 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.

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.

Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.

I strongly believe that you can push beyond the challenges that you are currently faced with. Please try not to disappoint yourself.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

Life is about connection, not perfection.

I learned quickly that when I made others laugh, they liked me.

I'm the demonslayer. Come and get me.

...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.

If I give more to myself, I can ask more from myself. Self-regard isn't selfish.

The level of discourse reaching a mailbox simply cannot be limited to that which would be suitable for a sandbox.

I was always really shy so I'd never try to get a guy's attention.

Strange what love taught you about your faults.