There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think.

Violence is both unavoidable and unjustifiable.

The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.

Nothing is given to mankind and what little men can conquer must be paid for with unjust death. But man's grandeur lies elsewhere, in his decision to rise above his condition.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.

I rebel; therefore I exist.