He who loves his neighbor burns his heart, and the heart, like green wood, groans when it burns, and distills itself in tears. There is no point in taking opium; it is better to put salt and vinegar in the soul's wound, for if you fall asleep and no longer feel the pain, then you no longer exist. And the point is to exist.

My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not find them while I live.

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

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

Man is perishing. That may be, and if it is nothingness that awaits us let us so act that it will be an unjust fate.

That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence.

Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.