"He who has a 'why' to live, can bear almost any 'how.'"

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"The state is not a goal in itself, but a means to an end."

"Human nature is such that it needs a spiritual dimension."

"A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."