Every man needs a place to go to.

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

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Whatever distinguishes one lump of flesh from another when we're alive, we're all the same once we're dead. Just used-up shells.

It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.

Since I wasn't consulted at the time of the creation of the world, I reserve for myself the right to have my own opinion about it.

But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.