You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.

The Fall is an offense to human reason, but once accepted, it makes perfect sense of the human condition.

Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversion amuses us, and leads us unconsciously to death.

If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past or the future.

Instinct teaches us to look for happiness outside ourselves.

To understand is to forgive.

True eloquence makes light of eloquence. True morality makes light of morality.