Alain Quotes

Any kind of barbarism, once established, will last.

On prouve tout ce qu'on veut, et la vraie difficulté est de savoir ce qu'on veut prouver.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

En cualquier contrato y en cualquier intercambio, ponte en el lugar del otro, pero con todo lo que sabes, y suponiéndote tan libre de necesidades como un hombre puede serlo, mira si en lugar, aprobarías ese intercambio o contrato

Politeness is for people toward whom we feel indifferent, and moods, both good and bad, are for those we love.

Certainly thinking is pleasant, but the pleasure of thinking must be subordinated to the art of making decisions.

Ta không có chút quyền lực nào với sự giận dữ một khi ta chưa biết lí do đích thực của nó.

When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another, fixes words or gestures, and gives body to the invisible.

If religion is only human, and its form is man’s form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

nous n'avons aucune puissance sur les passions tant que nous n'en connaissons pas les vraies causes

Untie, liberate, and do not be afraid. He who is free is disarmed.

En réalité, les motifs qu'on a d'être heureux ou malheureux sont sans poids; tout dépend de notre corps.

Our errors perish before we do. Let's not mummify them and keep them around.

Everybody continually tries to get away with as much as he can; and society is a marvelous machine which allows decent people to be cruel without realizing it.

It is very true that we ought to think of the happiness of others; but it is not often enough said that the best thing we can do for those who love us is to be happy ourselves.