The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself.

Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being.

Most people... find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.

Secrets hidden at the heart of midnight are simply waiting to be dragged to the light, as, on some unlucky high noon, they always are. But secrets shrouded in the glare of candor are bound to defeat even the most determined and agile inspector for the light is always changing and proves that the eye cannot be trusted.

True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life

Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark. Nobody knows what is going to happen to him from one moment to the next, or how one will bear it. This is irreducible. And it's true of everybody. Now, it is true that the nature of society is to create, among its citizens, an illusion of safety; but it is also absolutely true that the safety is always necessarily an illusion. Artists are here to disturb the peace.