A good man ("un homme de bien", Fr.) never wholly perishes, the best part of his being outlives (or survives) in eternity.

There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.

The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war.

Only a moral education based on free inner discipline can bring to bear a salutary action and lead to a true morality.

The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.

To sacrifice the moral to the physical, as is done in these days, is to sacrifice reality for a shadow.

There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.

We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.

It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice.

Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.

As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards ("marcher vers", Fr.) the accomplishment of its true destinies.

I find that, as a rule, when a thing is a wonder to us it is not because of what we see in it, but because of what others have seen in it. We get almost all our wonders at second hand.

Braising eggs in a flavoursome, aromatic sauce is all the rage. It is warming and comforting, ideal for the morning when you are not normally up for a great culinary challenge.

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

A servant church must have as its priority solidarity with the poor.

My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well.

Gus knew. Gus knows. I will not tell you our love story, because—like all real love stories—it will die with us, as it should. I'd hoped that he'd be eulogizing me.

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy

I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.

And it can take a lifetime, a life of many years, to accept the incongruity of things: that a small moment can sit side by side with a big one, and become part of the same.

Men are likely to be quite generous, especially financially.