Humor is the mask of wisdom.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying.

This inhuman world has to become more humane. But how?

In a society which is structured the wrong way, piety has no effect.