The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress

Prejudices are the props of civilization