Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.

It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!

In such situations, of course, people don't nurse their anger silently, they moan aloud; but these are not frank, straightforward moans, there is a kind of cunning malice in them, and that's the whole point. Those very moans express the sufferer's delectation; if he did not enjoy his moans, he wouldn't be moaning.

My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of falsehood with it. People have always done so.

"I love mankind," he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular."

There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of conscience, but neither is there anything more agonizing.

Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.