Absurd- that is the light mind that establishes its own borders.

There are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

Freedom is the right to never have to lie.

My profession lent itself nicely to my vocation for heights. It freed me of any bitterness towards my fellow men, who were alwaysin my debt, without my owing them anything. It placed me above the judge whom, I in turn judged, above the defendant whom I forced into gratitude.

There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a meaning to an infinite number of objects. The world comes to a stop, but also lights up.

You always get exaggerated notions of things you don't know anything about.