“Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.”
“It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?”
“Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.”
“Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?”
“That's the way man is, cher monsieur. He has two faces: he can't love without self-love.”
“Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.”