Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.

We are all ill; but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.

Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader--it is never quite oneself. 2) I usually hate the sight of my handwriting--it lives too much and I dislike its life--I mean by "lives," of course, betrays too much!

Literature is the human activity that make the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.