The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

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a man possessed with peace is always smiling.

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There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.

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The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

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Memory does not make films, it makes photographs.

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A man is responsible for his ignorance.

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The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

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When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

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The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty.

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You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.

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