A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.

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.

A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with life.

As art sinks into paralysis, artists multiply. This anomaly ceases to be one if we realize that art, on its way to exhaustion, has become both impossible and easy.

An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.