The only time a man thinks is when he's alone.

Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way.

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.