Art arises from sources other than logic." (p.32)
The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.
Merely by being born intelligent, you right away find yourself in absolute exile.
But which was the real me? Let me be perfectly honest: I was a man of many faces. (p.33)
The difference between the university graduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in the extent of vitality and self-confidence.
Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more foolish than to sacrifice a friendship to politics.