The will to be oneself is heroism

The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid.

Liberalism -- it is well to recall this today -- is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet. It announces the determination to share existence with the enemy; more than that, with an enemy which is weak.

We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-satisfied man."

With morality we correct the mistakes of our instincts, and with love we correct the mistakes of our morals.

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation.