We belong to an age whose culture is in danger of perishing through the means to culture.

There is only a perspective seeing, only a perspective 'knowing'; and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our 'concept' of this thing, our 'objectivity,' be.

Thinking about suicide is a potent consolation: it helps us to get through many a bad night.

One does well to put on gloves when reading the New Testament. The proximity of so much uncleanliness almost forces one to do this.

...throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.

Light for some time to come will have to be called darkness.

We must repay goodness and wickedness: but why exactly to the person who has done us a good or a wicked turn?