“ For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium. ”

“ Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. ”

“ The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. ”

“ Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. ”

“ He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. ”

“ Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. ”

“ To know oneself, one should assert oneself. ”

“ As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means. ”

“ Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret. ”

“ You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. ”