You don't have to give people fish everyday but instead you must give them the pole to learn how to fish themselves.

- Pascal Bruckner

You construct your happiness as you construct a house and you have to work on it. It is a daily job.

- Pascal Bruckner

An overblown conscience is an empty conscience.

- Pascal Bruckner

You are not doomed to reproduce what your ancestors have done. The son will not be like his father, the daughter will not be like her mother. She can…

- Pascal Bruckner

The cult of happiness turns into a huge concern which to my opinion is exactly contrary to what happiness should be: a paradise of enchantment.

- Pascal Bruckner

Guilt is a very good thing if it is shared by others.

- Pascal Bruckner

You can have compassion for someone who is suffering and try to help this person but if your relationship with mankind is only one of compassion, it …

- Pascal Bruckner

You're happy when you leave your concerns to the side and when you experience a pure moment of joy with friends.

- Pascal Bruckner

We should distinguish between responsibility and guilt. Guilt only touches the ones who committed the crimes but the son of a criminal is not a crimi…

- Pascal Bruckner