A life spent entirely in public, in the presence of others, becomes, as we would say, shallow. While it retains its visibility, it loses its quality of rising into sight from some darker ground which must remain hidden if it is not to lose its depth in a very real, non-subjective sense.

For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices.

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life.

Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche are for us like guideposts to a past which has lost its significance.

Entirely new concepts are very rare in politics.

the rule of Nobody ... is what the political form known as bureaucracy truly is.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.