All healthy men have thought of their own suicide

One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.

This is the century of fear.

It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

Believe me, religions are on the wrong track the moment they moralize and fulminate commandments. God is not needed to create guilt or to punish. Our fellow men suffice, aided by ourselves.

Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.