Therefore, in the nature of this will for freedom, which freedom itself implies, I may pass judgement on those who seek to hide from themselves the complete arbitrariness and the complete freedom of their existence.

All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can.

There it is: I am gently slipping into the water's depths, towards fear.

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence

We are now in a position to understand the anti-Semite. He is a man who is afraid. Not of the Jews, to be sure, but of himself, of his own consciousness, of his liberty, of his instincts, of his responsibilities, of solitariness, of change, of society, and of the world of everything except the Jews.

That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.

The recent experiences of pocketbooks prove this. I have changed my public since my works have been published in a smaller format.