The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.

We are not so mad as to think that we shall create a world in which murder will not occur. We are fighting for a world in which murder will no longer be legal.

For a man who loves power, competition from the gods is annoying. I have done away with that. I have proven to these illusory godsthat a man, if he has the will, can practice, without any apprenticeship, their ridiculous trade.

What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.

The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.

He had been bored, that's all, bored like most people. Hence he had made himself out of whole cloth a life full of complications and drama. Something must happen - and that explains most human commitments. Something must happen, even loveless slavery, even war or death. Hurray then for funerals!

Yes, everything is simple. It's people who complicate things.