To Foreswear vengeance is to chain oneself to forgiveness, to flounder in pardon, to be tainted by the hatred smothered within.

True contact between beings is established only by mute presence, by apparent non-communication, by that mysterious and wordless exchange which resembles inward prayer.

Doubt works deep within you like a disease or, even more effectively, like a faith.

All philosophers should end their days at Pythia's feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments.

The sole means of protecting your solitude is to offend everyone, beginning with those you love.

It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.