For the beloved should not allow me to turn my infantile fantasies into reality: On the contrary, he should help me to go beyond them.

The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.

If the building of a bridge does not enrich the awareness of those who work on it, then the bridge ought not to be built.

For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted.

For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.

Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions

Get used to me, I am not getting used to anyone.