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

At that time [1954], as a result of political events, I was deeply preoccupied by my relations with the Communist Party.

I had been playing with matches and burned a small rug. I was in the process of covering up my crime when suddenly God saw me. I felt His gaze inside my head and on my hands....I flew into a rage against so crude an indiscretion, I blasphemed....He never looked at me again....I had the more difficulty getting rid of Him the Holy Ghost in that He had installed Himself at the back of my head....I collared the Holy Ghost in the cellar and threw Him out.

When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men.

I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe!

I receive letters from workers, from secretaries. . . . They are the most interesting ones.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.