"What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never use it for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one …"

"The greatest effort is not to make oneself understood, but to understand."

"Man is a useless passion."

"The purpose of life is to live it."

"You are—your life, and nothing else."