“To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.”
Good“You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.”
Experience“To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.”
Good“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.”
Fear“Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.”
Nature“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
Freedom“It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”
Money“Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.”
Truth“Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.”
Beauty“As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.”
Life“All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.”
Great“After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.”
Best“Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.”
Hope“Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.”
Art“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead.”
Death“Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.”
Happiness“I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.”
God“He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.”
Hope“To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.”
Faith“A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.”
Truth“Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.”
Love“The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.”
Love