"The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that he cares less and less."

"Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and unforeseeably influence the state of affairs."

"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable."

"The world is full of wonders, but it is also full of dangers."

"The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding ev…"