French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist
No cause justifies the deaths of innocent people.
The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.
The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion.
Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.
Working conditions for me have always been those of the monastic life: solitude and frugality. Except for frugality, they are contrary to my nature, so much so that work is a violence I do to myself.
We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.