The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.

We are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness is the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason.

All art deals with the absurd and aims at the simple. Good art speaks truth, indeed is truth, perhaps the only truth.

A middling talent makes for a more serene life.

What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone’s company you love them.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing.