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

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.

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

We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being able to answer back.