An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.