Julien Benda

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.