Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness.
This is the century of fear.
It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.
The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself.
There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
When a man has learned how to remain alone with his suffering, how to overcome his longing to flee, then he has little left to learn.
No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.
Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.
All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
[…] Everyone tries to make his life a work of art. We want love to last and we know that it does not last; even if, by some miracle, it were to last a whole lifetime, it would still be incomplete. Per...
We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the p...
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom.
It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence.
I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.
God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves. You were speaking of the Last Judgement. Allow me to laugh respectfully. I shall wait for it resolutely, for...
Ce qu'on appelle une raison de vivre est en même temps une excellente raison de mourir.
Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.
Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value and its face of eter1nal youth.