That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.

There are two kinds of existentialist; first, those who are Christian...and on the other hand the atheistic existentialists, among whom...I class myself. What they have in common is that they think that existence precedes essence, or, if you prefer, that subjectivity must be the turning point.

Philosophy which does not help to illuminate the process of the liberation of the oppressed should be rejected.

I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.

There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.