He who hates himself is not humble.

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.

If I were to be totally sincere, I would say that I do not know why I live and why I do not stop living. The answer probably lies in the irrational character of life which maintains itself without reason.

We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.

After having struggled madly to solve all problems, after having suffered on the heights of despair, in the supreme hour of revelation, you will find that the only answer, the only reality, is silence.

The universal view melts things into a blur.

If you lack the power to demoralize yourself along with the age, to go as low and as far, do not complain of being misunderstood by it.