For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.

To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness, and passions; to return step by step to imbecility, from the time of lisping to that of doting; to live among knaves and charlatans of all kinds; to die between one man who takes your pulse and another who troubles your head; never to know where you come from, why you come and where you are going! That is what is called the most important gift of our parents and nature. Life.

Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one's fatherland, which is perishable?

What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.