A civilization begins to decline the moment Life becomes its sole obsession.
Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.
Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself - there is no wish I make more often.
Utopia is a mixture of childish rationalism and secularized angelism.
I cannot contribute anything to this world because I only have one method: agony.
Every thought should recall the ruin of a smile.