“Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.”

“i can't understand her"
well son, you might as well try to understand the sun”

“Don't try to be better than others. Try to be better than yourself.”

“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.”

“There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.”

“Learn to understand others. Most people do not want to understand others, instead wanting others to understand them. This is egotism. We should try to think less of ourselves and more of others. Try to understand others better.”

“I write to try to understand, and because I have nothing better to do.”

“Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

“To me it seems much better to love a woman as a woman, than to make her one's idol, as many do. For my part, I am convinced that it is better to use than to abuse.”

“As well you try to understand the sun, Perrin. It simply is, and it is not to be understood. You cannot live without it, but it exacts a price. So with women.”