Levinas, Emmanuel

"The Other resists my attempts at total comprehension."

"Fraternity is rooted in our shared vulnerability."

"The face strips away all masks."

"Justice demands that I sacrifice myself for the Other."

"The ethical relation does not emerge from knowledge."

"Time is not a circle but a sequence of relationships."

"The Other's suffering calls to me across all distance."

"Being human means being answerable to the Other."

"The infinite passes through the finite encounter."

"We are constituted by our debt to the Other."

"The Other's poverty solicits my generosity."

"Freedom is only meaningful in relation to responsibility."

"The face of the Other is the origin of meaning."

"To refuse the Other is to refuse oneself."

"Ethics teaches us to put the Other before ourselves."

"The trace of God is found in the Other's vulnerability."

"Justice extends beyond what is due to what is given freely."

"The Other's need precedes my comfort."

"Language is response-ability."

"Totality is violence; infinity is peace."

"The ethical relation is prior to all politics."

"Subjectivity is the ability to bear the unbearable."

"To be called by the Other is to be chosen."

"The Other's transcendence cannot be transgressed."

"Justice begins where I refuse to pass judgment on the Other."

"We discover ourselves in service to the Other."

"The face speaks in the nakedness of its destitution."

"Peace is the work of endless responsibility."

"The infinite commands: be just!"

"To know the Other is impossible; to be obligated to the Other is necessary."