Nowadays public opinion is not the sum of private opinions. On the contrary, private opinions are an echo of public opinion

The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding

Hierarchies are celestial. In hell all are equal.

Revolutions are frightening, but election campaigns are disgusting.