...There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it.

Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand.

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

There is a point at which methods devour themselves.

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.

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

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.