Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.

I have forgotten my umbrella.

one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.

Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it undoubtedly is by some people.

You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.

We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!

One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.