Suddenly to realise that one is sitting, damned, among the other damned--it is a most disquieting experience; so disquieting thatmost of us react to it by immediately plunging more deeply into our particular damnation in the hope, generally realized, that we may be able, at least for a time, to stifle our revolutionary knowledge.

I am I, and I wish I weren't.

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy.

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books.

But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better