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?

One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.

It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.

The only way out [of international dictatorship] is to place international law above governments, which means [...] that there must be a parliament for making it, and that parliament must be constituted by means of worldwide elections in which all nations will take part.

In the light, the earth remains our first and our last love. Our brothers are breathing under the same sky as we; justice is a living thing. Now is born that strange joy which helps one live and die, and which we shall never again postpone to a later time.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.