To impoverish that reality whose inhumanity constitutes man's majesty is tantamount to impoverishing him himself. I understand then why the doctrines that explain everything to me also debilitate me at the same time. They relieve me of the weight of my own life, and yet I must carry it alone.

To force solitude on a man who has just come to understand that he is not alone, is that not the definitive crime against man?

To tell the truth, far from being romantic, I believe in the necessity of a rule and an order. I merely say that there can be no question of just any rule what…

To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.

The world seemed cruel and boring, and I'm not sure which was worse.

A dream is by definition a series of sensations that occur in the brain when both our senses of perception and our powers of will and reason are in abeyance, s…

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more ex…