Were we to undertake an exhaustive self-scrutiny, disgust would paralyze us, we would be doomed to a thankless existence.

No one should forget: Eros alone can fulfill life; knowledge, never. Only Eros makes sense; knowledge is empty infinity; – for thoughts, there is always time; life has its time; there is no thought that comes too late; any desire can become a regret.

Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately, it is within no one's reach.

Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.

Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation.

Better to be an animal than a man, an insect than an animal, a plant than an insect, and so on. Salvation? Whatever diminishes the kingdom of consciousness and compromises its supremacy.

One can experience loneliness in two ways: by feeling lonely in the world or by feeling the loneliness of the world.