There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect.

We must be listened to: above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisely because unexpected, not foreseen by anyone. It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere.

A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful.

My number is 174517; we have been baptized, we will carry the tattoo on our left arm until we die.

Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust.

It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.

The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong.