The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.

It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the fear changes into its opposite… The reversal of fear of being touched belongs to the nature of crowds. The feeling of relief is most striking where the density of the crowd is greatest

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

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.

It is important what a man still plans at the end. It shows the measure of injustice in his death.

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.