“Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.”

“Somewhere along the way we have gone astray. The human anthill is richer than ever before. We have more wealth and more leisure, and yet we lack something essential, which we find it difficult to describe. We feel less human; somewhere we have lost our mysterious prerogatives.”

“It is a matter of life and death for us; for the lead we gain by day on ships and railways is lost each night.”

“But, of course, for those of us who understand life, we would not care less about figures.”

“It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom."What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them...Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes.”

“Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself. ”

“For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. and if you go to draw at the rule fountainhea, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.”