Every thought should recall the ruin of a smile.

Philosophy is a corrective against sadness. Yet there still are people who believe in the profundity of philosophy!

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

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.

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.

Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.