I do not rebel against my God, I simply do not accept his world.

There is no virtue if there is no immortality.

The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.

Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man is stupid, then who is wise?) But if he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally ungrateful. In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.

Nothing could be more absurd than moral lessons at such a moment! Oh, self-satisfied people: with what proud self-satisfaction such babblers are ready to utter their pronouncements! If they only knew to what degree I myself understand all the loathsomeness of my present condition, they wouldn't have the heart to teach me.

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?