“Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.”

“We are not our own light.”

“One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.”

“In order not to find life unbearable, you must accept two things: the ravages of time and the injustices of man.”

“True independence is an illusion; no one matures in a vacuum. We have heroes, we see villains, and ultimately we try to walk the path that’s our own, through an ideological valley whose landmarks have already been described and claimed by others.”

“Gay diversity is like the Village People. You can all wear different stupid outfits as long as you sing the same stupid song.”

“We ought to be able to combine opposites: the love of goodness with indifference to other people's opinions, a liking for work with indifference to fame, concern for our health with indifference to life.”