Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.

A Soviet citizen, an official writer, once said to me: "The day when Communism (that is, well-being for everyone) reigns, man's tragedy will begin: his finitude."

When she is alone in the rooms I hear her humming to keep herself from thinking.

Hell is for other people.

Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.