This, in fact, is the power of the imagination, which, combining the memory of gold with that of the mountain, can compose the idea of a golden mountain.

It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

For such is the fate of parody: it must never fear exaggerating. If it strikes home, it will only prefigure something that others will then do without a smile--and without a blush--in steadfast virile seriousness.

Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé.

Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.

Whoever reflects on four things I would be better if he were never born: that which is above, that which is below, that which is before, that which is after.