Mankind has only one science… its the science of discontent.

A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.

When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.

Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.

We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.