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.

The limit of every pain is an even greater pain.

To possess a high degree of consciousness, to be always aware of yourself in relation to the world, to live in the permanent tension of knowledge, means to be lost for life.

Boredom dismantles the mind, renders it superficial, out at the seams, saps it from within and dislocates it.

Vague a l'ame - melancholy yearning for the end of the world.

Good health is the best weapon against religion. Healthy bodies and healthy minds have never been shaken by religious fears.

Tyrants are always assassinated too late. That is their great excuse.