The conflict between art and politics... cannot and must not be solved.

Man's chief moral deficiency appears to be not his indiscretions but his reticence.

Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

The true dividing line between people is whether they are capable of being in love with their destiny.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.

Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its own corruption wherever it goes.

What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations ... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts.