Nationalism is the love which ties me to the blockheads of my country, to the insultors of my way of life, and to the desecrators of my language.

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.

One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked.

I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.

Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Sexual enlightenment is that hardhearted process which for hygienic reasons forbids young people to satisfy their curiosity themselves.