The needs of a human being are sacred. Their satisfaction cannot be subordinated either to reasons of state, or to any consideration of money, nationality, race, or color, or to the moral or other value attributed to the human being in question, or to any consideration whatsoever.

To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.

Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.

The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.

A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.