Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.

A Darwinian nation of economic fitness abhors idleness, dependence, non-productivity.

It is not mere chance that makes families speak of a child who is 'extraordinary for his age' and also of an old man who is 'extraordinary for his age'; the extraordinariness lies in their behaving like human beings when they are either not yet or no longer men.

For me, the problem of time is linked up with that of death, with the thought that we inevitably draw closer and closer to it, with the horror of decay.

The American woman's inequality with men is proved by her defiant attitude.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.