To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees. Paul Valéry

 “God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.”
― Paul Valéry 

“Politeness is organized indifference.”
― Paul Valéry 

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” ― Paul Valéry

“The deeper education consists in unlearning one's first education.”
― Paul Valéry, An Anthology  

“God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly”
― Paul Valéry

“Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.”
― Paul Valéry

“To enter into your own mind you need to be armed to the teeth.”
― Paul Valéry 

“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. ”
― Paul Valéry 

“A man who is of 'sound mind' is one who keeps his inner madman under lock and key.”
― Paul Valéry 

“The wind is rising! . . . We must try to live!”
― Paul Valéry