Before you come alive, life is nothing; it 's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose.

When my relations with the Communist Party gave me the necessary perspective I decided to write my autobiography. I wanted to show how a man can pass from literature held sacred to action which nevertheless remains that of an intellectual.

Philosophy appears to some people as a homogenous milieu: there thoughts are born and die, there systems are built, and there, in turn, they collapse. Others take Philosophy for a specific attitude which we can freely adopt at will. Still others see it as a determined segment of culture. In our view Philosophy does not exist.

This is the basis for the joy of love when there is joy; we feel that our existence is justified.

I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.

Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.

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.