The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Every true faith is infallible. It performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for the establishing of an objective truth. Here the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, have faith. If you want to be a disciple of truth, then search.

Your god is dead and only the ignorant weep. And if you claim there is a hell, then we shall meet there!

The question of place and climate is most closely related to the question of nutrition. Nobody is free to live everywhere; and whoever has to solve great problems that challenge all his strength actually has a very restricted choice in this matter. The influence of climate on our metabolism, its retardation, its acceleration, goes so far that a mistaken choice of place and climate can not only estrange a man from his task but can actually keep it from him: he never gets to see it.

If one seeks relief from unbearable pressure, one is to eat hashish.