The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.

Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour.

A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What we lack attracts us. Nobody loves the light like the blind man.

Woe, alas, to those who have loved only bodies, forms, appearances! Death will rob them of everything. Try to love souls, you will find them again.

Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.