A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

Integrity has no need of rules.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.