The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.

Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.

Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.

There emanates from superlatives a destructive force.

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.