Imagination should be used, not to escape reality but to create it.

Our language has become a tired and inefficient thing in the hands of journalists and writers who have nothing to say.

Man is brilliant at solving problems; but solving them only makes him the victim of his own childishness and laziness. It is this recognition that has made almost every major philosopher in history a pessimist.

Phenomenology is not a philosophy; it is a philosophical method, a tool. It is like an adjustable spanner that can be used for dismantling a refrigerator or a car, or used for hammering in nails, or even for knocking somebody out.

The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.

If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it's the feeling there's something basically wrong with human beings.

Turning on the light is easy if you know where the switch is.