"A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost."

"Irrepressible violence is neither sound and fury, nor the resurrection of savage instincts, nor even the effect of resentment: it is man re-creating himself. The rebel's weapon is the proof of his hum…"

"The individual is not born free, he becomes free."

"It is and will be impossible to reestablish any sort of contact with the men who are currently at the head of the [French Communist Party]. Each sentence they utter, each action they take is the culmi…"

"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."