Collection of phrases and quotes about life.
When we are on the edge of an abyss and the night is dark, the wise rider loosens the reins and surrenders to the horse's instinct.
Life has not been given to us to be happy, but to deserve to be so.
Destiny does not reign without the secret complicity of instinct and will.
Every man pays for his greatness with many smallnesses, his victory with many defeats, his wealth with multiple bankruptcies.
Every man lives only for what he hopes.
Let it not be from another who can be master of oneself.
If you do not act as you think, you will end up thinking as you act.
I prefer to be wrong believing in a God who does not exist, than to be wrong not believing in a God who exists. Because if there is nothing afterwards, obviously I will never know it when I sink into eternal nothingness; but if there is something, if there is Someone, I will have to account for my attitude of rejection.
Our nature is in motion. Absolute rest is death.
Nature has perfections to show that it is an image of God, and imperfections to prove that it is only an image.
Morality is the science par excellence; it is the art of living well and being happy.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I have no time to make it shorter.