The majority of men are discontented with their life and seek the pleasures of the flesh. But the flesh can never be satisfied, and men seek oblivion in smoking or drunkenness.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
Anything is better than lies and deceit!
All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
Boredom: the desire for desires.
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
