I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her
We are the little girl in this story, and we are trying to deal with our pain by finding new religious reasons to darn socks.
empty-handed I entered the worldbarefoot I leave it.
It is a new west that we envisage: One that, we may hope, has learnt some thing from its recent gigantic reverses.
without counting or calculation
I have every reason to fear that this book will strike the reader as 'very French'
dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the least reward
The objection is of the same kind as Zeno's paradoxes: they are overcome by the act of movement
The unity he is talking about is a unity of coexistence, like that of the sections of an arch which shoulder one another
revolutions begin by encasing reality in Newspeak, and thereafter are haunted by the fear that reality will break out of its case
one single human being, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart, bestows on us more riches than Caesar or Alexander could ever conquer
I live in a world which I ultimately do not take seriously. This increases my freedom; I serve as a volunteer
Meaning and death is what you seek... Two separate things they are for a normal man. But for you... one and the same.
in a field behaving as the wind behaves no nearer that final meeting
an age without passion has no values
of course, I am on the right, on the left, in the centre; I descend from the monkey; the universe is going to explode at this or that speed - we hear such remarks from people whom we would not have expected to introduce themselves as idiots
The mere act of living appears to be shared even by plants, whereas we are looking for the function peculiar to man
Rorschach died a hero's death, confounding the gods by doing what they never would: sacrificing his life
you cover him with favor as with a shield
Innocence alone can unite humility with boldness so as to allow us to penetrate to the heart of things
