"I have said more than once that one can have a post-sexual vision of the world, the most desperate vision that is pos…"

"How is it that in no epoch of history, in no place on earth, a sect of wise men has been formed with the aim of makin…"

"That faint light in each of us which dates back to before our birth, to before all births, is what must be protected …"

"When every man has realized that his birth is a defeat, existence, endurable at last, will seem like the day after a …"

"To bear children into this world is like carrying wood into a burning house."

"When someone (including philosophers) defends the alleged beauty of "having children", they refer to the pleasure of …"

"Because I do not want to commit the crime of giving life to beings who later may be unhappy and curse the moment of t…"

"I was alone in that cemetery overlooking the village when a pregnant woman came in. I left at once, in order not to l…"

"For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet."

"It is very curious that it is sometimes considered cruel or inhumane to raise the issue of the ethics of procreation,…"