What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

Many deeds are done so as to forget another deed: there are also opiate activities. I exist so that another will be forgotten.

In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species.

There is a certain right by which we many deprive a man of life, but none by which we may deprive him of death; this is mere cruelty.

We have no dreams at all or interesting ones. We should learn to be awake the same way- not at all or in an interesting manner

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Christianity is a metaphysics of the hangman.