There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.
In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books.
It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
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.