We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void.

I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.

Our place is somewhere between being and nonbeing - between two fictions.

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.

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

To get up in the morning, wash and then wait for some unforeseen variety of dread or depression. I would give the whole universe and all of Shakespeare for a grain of ataraxy.