It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.

The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle of the face, obscene: that is why it pleases women.

If life — the craving for which is the very essence of our being — were possessed of any positive intrinsic value, there would be no such thing as boredom at all: mere existence would satisfy us in itself, and we should want for nothing.

Wealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.