To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures.

But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, "Well, now it's writing time and now I'll write.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.

Who are the rabble and who are the ruled?

You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos.

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.