Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.

I cannot become modest; too many things burn in me; the old solutions are falling apart; nothing has been done yet with the new ones. So I begin, everywhere at once, as if I had a century ahead of me.

There emanates from superlatives a destructive force.

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

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.

Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.