We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself.

The best revenge you can have on intellectuals is to be madly happy.

The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but cannot really kill. Murderers are only very exceptionally found among artists.

No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.

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