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.

Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.

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.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

Life as it is leaves one no peace.

There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

Life did not stop, and one had to live.