Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

The more I accuse myself, the more right I have to judge you. Even better, I make you judge yourself, which comforts me the more.

Then we understand that rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love. Those who find no rest in God or in history are condemned to live for those who, like themselves, cannot live; in fact, for the humiliated.

The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx.

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Marxism is not scientific: at the best, it has scientific prejudices.