Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish. The real tedium, deep tedium, is seasoned with terror and with death.

I am more stupid about some things than others; not equally stupid in all directions; I am not a well-rounded person.

Unfortunately for the betterment of mankind it is not always the fair-minded who are in the right.

And what about all the good I have in my heart - does it mean anything?

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

I’ve had all the monstrosity I want.

I pretended not to understand. One of life's hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog.