Culture has never the translucidity of custom; it abhors all simplification. In its essence it is opposed to custom, for custom is always the deterioration of culture.

No attempt must be made to encase man, for it is his destiny to be set free.

Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.

National liberation, national renaissance, the restoration of nationhood to the people, commonwealth: whatever may be the headings used or the new formulas introduced, decolonization is always a violent phenomenon.

There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

Culture has never the translucidity of custom; it abhors all simplification. In its essence it is opposed to custom, for custom is always the deterioration of culture.

One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it.