There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

In the social equation, the value of a single life is nil; in the cosmic equation, it is infinite... Not only communism, but any political movement which implicitly relies on purely utilitarian ethics, must become a victim to the same fatal error. It is a fallacy as naïve as a mathematical teaser, and yet its consequences lead straight to Goya's Disasters, to the reign of the guillotine, the torture chambers of the Inquisition, or the cellars of the Lubianka.

The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan.

...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religeous faith or political conviction.

Adolescence is a kind of emotional seasickness. Both are funny, but only in retrospect.