"If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance ... evil and virtue are mere chance or caprice." p. 5.

"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is." p. 11.

"A god who does not reward or punish, a god who turns a deaf ear, is the rebel's only religious conception." p. 29

"Christ came to solve two major problems, evil and death, which are precisely the problems that preoccupy the rebel." p. 32

"...as the movement accelerates, rebellion is less and less willing to accept limitations." p. 39

"... whether he abases or vaunts himself, the rebel wants to be other than he is, even when he is prepared to be recognized for what he really is." p. 82.

"...rebellion is adolescent. Our most effective terrorists, whether they are armed with bombs or...