Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.

I shall not, as far as I am concerned, try to pass myself off as a Christian in your presence. I share with you the same revulsion from evil. But I do not share your hope, and I continue to struggle against this universe in which children suffer and die.

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure.

Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.

I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.