Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside - from others. We do not accept it willingly.
By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an immediate knowledge of its ugly side.
