Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.

I am alone in the midst of these happy, reasonable voices. All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. In Heaven's name, why is it so important to think the same things all together.

Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the gods can do nothing against that man.

God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself; me, the man.

If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.

Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident

The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.