The only free mind is one that, pure of all intimacy with beings or objects, plies its own vacuity.

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

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

Self-conscious rejection of the absolute is the best way to resist God; thus illusion, the substance of life, is saved.

Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.

To read is to let someone else work for you - the most delicate form of exploitation.

I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them.