Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom.

For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.

I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.

A craving for freedom and independence is generated only in a man still living on hope.

No longer were there individual destinies; only a collective destiny, made of plague and emotions shared by all.

At the age of 40, having ordered meat very rare in restaurants all his life, he realized he actually liked it medium and not at all rare.

The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.