There are two ways of destroying a people. Either condemn them en bloc or force them to repudiate the leaders they adopted. The second is the worse.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.

Man is abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no aim but what he sets himself.

I know only one Church: it is the society of men.

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never useit for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one objective: power.

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.