It should be pointed out for our own guidance in the West that the continual signing of manifestoes and protests is one of the surest ways of undermining the efficacy and dignity of the intellectual. There exists a permanent blackmail that we all know and that we must have the often solitary courage to resist.

The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it

In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.

I felt as though I was partly unlearning what i had never learned and yet knew so well: I mean, how to live.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man.