Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image of the past, but to the past itself.