We have a world of pleasure to win, and nothing to lose but boredom.

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.

The world of the commodity is a world upside-down, which bases itself not upon life but upon the transformation of life into work.

The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge of a cliff without seeing it, so that the power of their imagination keeps them suspended in mid-air; but as soon as they look down and see where they are, they fall.

It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives.

Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume; the hellish cycle is complete.

Suffering is the pain of constraints. An atom of pure delight, no matter how small, can hold it at bay.