The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.

Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena.

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations.

Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary master plan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.

As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the same time try to resist corruption and deception. In other words, I must do my utmost to act in harmony with my conscience and my better self.