One does not set fire to a world which is already lost

A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

There is also a reasonable tolerance: reason tolerates the reasonable. It is, however, almost tautological to call this 'tolerance' any longer, as it becomes a matter of course.

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.

The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.

Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.