The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.

It is a tragedy that most of us die before we have begun to live.

To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.

In the sleeping state, instead, one is much more oneself, even if society never ceases to intervene.

We are all equal in the sense that no man must mean - must be - the means for the purposes of another man; but each individual is an end in itself.

The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die.

Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination.