There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.

The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such.

Sin is nothing else but the failure to recognize human wretchedness.

The whole of our civilization is founded on specialization, which implies the enslavement of those who execute to those who coordinate.

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality, they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above, separated by an abyss, is the level where the highest things are achieved. These things are essentially anonymous.

The notion of obligations comes before that of rights, which is subordinate and relative to the former. A right is not effectual by itself, but only in relation to the obligation to which it corresponds.

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.