There is no doubt; even a rejection can be the shadow of a caress”.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.

A fascinating mystery of nature is manifested in the universal fact of hunting: the inexorable hierarchy among living beings. Every animal is in a relationship of superiority or inferiority with regard to every other. Strict equality is exceedingly improbable and anomalous.

Man adapts himself to everything, to the best and the worst.

We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-satisfied man."