Since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him, and struggle with all our might against death without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence?

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.

Death means nothing to men like me. It's the event that proves them right.

Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined. Society has but little connection with such beginnings. The worm is in man's heart. That is where it must be sought. One must follow and understand this fatal game that leads from lucidity in the face of existence to flight from light.

What I believe to be true I must therefore preserve. What seems to me so obvious, even against me, I must support.