The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know. teacher
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. war
To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. art & friendship
What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. war
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. imagination & life
Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. art
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. work
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. God
Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. intelligence
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. beauty
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. power
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. intelligence
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. God & science
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. faith
Humility is attentive patience. patience
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. society
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. power
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. knowledge
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. greatness
The future is made of the same stuff as the present. the future
The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. intelligence
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. power
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. dreams
I can, therefore I am. motivation
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. truth