The work of art is born of the intelligence's refusal to reason the concrete. It marks the triumph of the carnal.

We are not certain, we are never certain.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

In the world today, only a philosophy of eternity could justify non-violence.

This world, such as it is, is not tolerable. Therefore I need the moon, or happiness, or immortality, I need something which is perhaps demented, but which is not of this world.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

How hard it is, how bitter it is to become a man!