Absurd, irreducible; nothing--not even a profound and secret delirium of nature--could explain [a tree root].

I am. I am, I exist, I think, therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think any more, I am because I think that I don't want to be, I think that I . . . because . . . ugh!

I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.

It is enough that one man hate another for hate to gain, little by little, all mankind.

The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic.

I believe, I desire, that social and economic ills may be remedied.

What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.