The past is the luxury of proprietors.

We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for that of all men.

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

To love is never just to love since it is also to will to love, and ... to love in spite of oneself, to allow oneself to be overcome by one's love.

Nothing happens while you live. The scenery changes, people come in and go out, that's all. There are no beginnings. Days are tacked on to days without rhyme or reason, an interminable, monotonous addition.

It is too early to love. We will buy the right to do so by shedding blood.

Every human endeavor, however singular it seems, involves the whole human race.