Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.

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

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

Night is falling: at dusk, you must have good eyesight to be able to tell the Good Lord from the Devil.

Violence is good for those who have nothing to lose.

On my way to the office in the morning, there are, in front of me, behind me, other men going to their jobs. I see them; if I dared, I would smile at them. I think to myself that I am a socialist, that they are the purpose of my life, of my efforts and that they do not know it yet.

I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement.