The fool is disturbed not when they tell him that his ideas are false, but when they suggest that they have gone out of style.

The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.

Revolutions are frightening, but election campaigns are disgusting.

The genuine coherence of our ideas does not come from the reasoning that ties them together, but from the spiritual impulse that gives rise to them.

Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion

Truth is in history, but history is not the truth.

Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.