I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly or quickly. In other words, you do not know how long you will have to spend deliberating over a sentence. ... But if I listen to a tape recorder, the listening time is determined by the speed at which the tape turns and not by my own needs.

Philosophy which does not help to illuminate the process of the liberation of the oppressed should be rejected.

What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.

I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.

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

Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn't let itself be extended it achieves significance only through its death.

So long as one believes in God, one has the right to do the Good in order to be moral.