A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect.

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.

Ideas come as you walk, Nietzsche said. Walking dissipates thoughts, Shankara taught.

Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui.

Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young.

The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are.

Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.