Love of my country does not demand that I shall hate and slay those noble and faithful souls who also love theirs.

You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.

I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.

Thousands of animals (now billions) are butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. It cries vengeance upon all the human race.

Passion is like genius: a miracle.

It is not peace that I seek, but life.

There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.