Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics.

Obstinacy alone is not a virtue.

The first progressive step for a mind overwhelmed by the strangeness of things is to realize that this feeling of strangeness is shared with all men and that human reality, in its entirety, suffers from the distance which separates it from the rest of the universe.

What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?" "I don't know. My… my code of morals, perhaps." "Your code of morals. What code, if I may ask?" "Comprehension.

There can be no question of holding forth on ethics. I have seen people behave badly with great morality and I note every day that integrity has no need of rules

I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.

The absurd is essentially a divorce. It lies in neither of the elements compared; it is born of their confrontation.