“The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned”

“How many times have I wondered if it is really possible to forge links with a mass of people when one has never had strong feelings for anyone, not even one's own parents: if it is possible to have a collectivity when one has not been deeply loved oneself by individual human creatures. Hasn't this had some effect on my life as a militant--has it not tended to make me sterile and reduce my quality as a revolutionary by making everything a matter of pure intellect, of pure mathematical calculation?”

“Man is above all else mind, consciousness -- that is, he is a product of history, not of nature.”

“Verus Quid Factum”

“Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.”

“تشاؤمُ العقل .. تفاؤلُ الإرادة”

“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”