We men do nothing but lie and make ourselves important. Speech was invented for the purpose of magnifying all of our sensations and impressions — perhaps so that we could believe in them.

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it, let us fight against destiny, even without hope of victory.

While men believe themselves to be seeking truth for its own sake, they are in fact seeking life in truth.

What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it.

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

May God deny you peace but give you glory!