There is a terrible emptiness in me, an indifference that hurts.

You must have a love, a great love, to ensure an alibi at unjustified despairs that conquer all of us

Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

I'd buy myself a cabin on the beach, I'd put some glue in my navel, and I'd stick a flag in there. Then I'd wait to see which way the wind was blowing.

It is always easy to be logical. It is almost impossible to be logical to the bitter end.

Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can only propose to diminish, arithmetically, the sufferings of the world.