Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.

If I were to imagine a girl deeply in love and some man who wanted to use all his reasoning powers and knowledge to ridicule her passion, well, there's surely …

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.