Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.

To act is to anchor in the imminent future.

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.

The Art of Love: knowing how to combine the temperament of a vampire with the discretion of an anemone.

I feel completely detached from any country, any group. I am a metaphysically displaced person

The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it.

Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas.