I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.

Christ could not create a codified 'Christian ethics'; such a thing would be a contradiction in terms.

Human attention tends to be focused on the satisfactions relationships are hoped to bring, precisely because somehow they have not been truly satisfactory. And if they do satisfy, the price of this satisfaction has often been found to be unacceptable.

Security is the slogan for people who feel unable to function by their own means.

The secret of every durable ... social system is the recasting of 'functional prerequisites' into behavioral motives for actors.

In Celan's words a Jew is "a man with a little book under the shoulder." We are the keepers of tradition.

If you look back on the history of the 20th century, the 19th century or even to the ancien régime of the 18th, you will see that first people rebelled against the order of the things because of lack of liberty, and demanded more freedom. And when they got more freedom, they got frightened, and they desired more security for a change. After a while, they started complaining, although more secure, they also become more dependent and rule-bound.