“The future is the only transcendental value for men without God.”

“Without memories, without hope, they lived for the moment only. Indeed, the here and now had come to mean everything to them. For there is no denying that the plague had gradually killed off in all of us the faculty not of love only but even of friendship. Naturally enough, since love asks something of the future, and nothing was left us but a series of present moments.”

“Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness...”

“Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.”

“Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.”

“There is only one class of men, the privileged class.”

“Even men without a gospel have their Mount of Olives. And one must not fall asleep on theirs either.”