Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?

When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, "What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act." And they do calm down.

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

Normal people have nothing to forget.

Afflicted with existence, each man endures like an animal the consequences which proceed from it. Thus, in a world where everything is detestable, hatred becomes huger than the world and, having transcended its object, cancels itself out.

The premonition of madness is complicated by the fear of lucidity in madness, the fear of the moments of return and reunion... One would welcome chaos if one were not afraid of lights in it.

One can experience loneliness in two ways: by feeling lonely in the world or by feeling the loneliness of the world.