The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.

To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century.

Nihilism is not only despair and negation, but above all the desire to despair and to negate.

There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want just any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive.