Outside nature, against nature, without excuse, beyond remedy, except what remedy I find within myself.

For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion.

To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head

Life begins on the other side of despair.

I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency.

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

It’s the well-behaved children that make the most formidable revolutionaries. They don’t say a word, they don’t hide under the table, they eat only one piece of chocolate at a time. But later on, they make society pay dearly.