Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?
The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny.
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved
Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
What is Man? A miserable little pile of secrets.
There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.
The truth is, normal might take years. Normal might never happen. But it’s definitely not going to happen if I lounge around here watching soaps and avoiding life. I’m going to school today, end of story.
Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial. . . C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it.
Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler - for the liar - than it really is, or ought to be.
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.