We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
The greatest ideas are the simplest.
What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.
To a great mind, nothing is little.
The great novelists are philosophical novelists – that is, the contrary of thesis-writers.
Produce great Persons, the rest follows.
If you cannot do great things yourself, remember that you may do small things in a great way.
Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
Courage. I know now that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn’t capable of a great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a streetcomer or in a restaurant’s revolving door.
All great and precious things are lonely.
