The mistake that men make is that they do not believe in theater. Otherwise, they would know that every man is allowed to play thecelestial tragedies and to become god. All he has to do is harden his heart.

Rule: Start by looking for what is valid in every man.

The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

We are all special cases.

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.