Interruption, incoherence, surprise are the ordinary conditions of our life. They have even become real needs for many people, whose minds are no longer fed by anything but sudden changes and constantly renewed stimuli. We can no longer bear anything that lasts. We no longer know how to make boredom bear fruit. So the whole question comes down to this: can the human mind master what the human mind has made?

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

To hit someone means to adopt his point of view.

Sometimes I think and other times I am.