 Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. |
| The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves. |
| Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. |
| Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. |
| Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature. |
| In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion. |
| Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic. |
| All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. |
| At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things. |
| We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. |
| After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion. |
| You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade. |
| There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. |
| Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face. |
| A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. |
| Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. |
| The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism. |
