“They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love.”

We are all born mad, some remain so.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering.

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Nothing in the world is worth turning one’s back on what one loves.

I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.

I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us.

Nothing in life is worth, turning your back on, if you love it.

Beauty, no doubt, does not make revolutions. But a day will come when revolutions will have need of beauty.

Life is a sum of all your choices. So, what are you doing today?

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom.

Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process.

Judge not unless you judge yourself

We must never forget that the natural environment is a collective good, the patrimony of all humanity and the responsibility of everyone.

The courage to encounter one another and extend a hand of friendship is a pathway of peace and harmony for humanity.

Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.

Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.