I never loved totalitarianism and all the ideas of making mankind happy always seemed crazy to me.

Plentitude, when too plentitudinous, was worst than destitution, for obviously what could one do, if there was nothing one could not?

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

For what are myths if not the imposing of order on phenomena that do not possess order in themselves? And all myths, however they differ from philosophical systems and scientific theories, share this with them, that they negate the principle of randomness in the world.

Skepticism is like a microscope whose magnification is constantly increased: the sharp image that one begins with finally dissolves, because it is not possible to see ultimate things: their existence is only to be inferred.

He who has had, has been, but he who hasn't been, has been had.

No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn't understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.