One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.

It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.

Death is a scandal. The machine is functioning, we are all hostages

Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster.