The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.

you don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will

I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease.

How good life is when one does something good and just!

My life is ending, I know that well, but every day that is left me I feel how my earthly life is in touch with a new infinite, unknown, but approaching life, the nearness of which sets my soul quivering with rapture, my mind glowing and my heart weeping with joy.

Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.