A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

God: a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays.

The curtain of the universe is moth-eaten, and through its holes we see nothing now but mask and ghost.

All great ideas should be followed by an exclamation mark - a warning signal similar to the skull and crossbones drawn on high-voltage transformers.

No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent.

Humanity adores only those who cause it to perish.

Those who believe in their truth -- the only ones whose imprint is retained by the memory of men -- leave the earth behind them strewn with corpses. Religions number in their ledgers more murders than the bloodiest tyrannies account for, and those whom humanity has called divine far surpass the most conscientious murderers in their thirst for slaughter.