it is so difficult not to become vain about one's own good luck.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as there have been philosophers and they have thought, most of them have tried to mask it.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

If women really did have complete equality with men, society would be completely overturned.

The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole.