I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck.

A Man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him.

It is necessary that we stop, once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people's business. Each individual must be left free to follow his own path.

The key of joy is disobedience.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.

We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.

Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.

You can only accomplish your object in life by complete disregard of the opinions of other people.

I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.

Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle.

Complacency is a sword of two edges. One edge kills hard earned successes while the other end stops future glories. Complacency is a murderer and a barrier!

It helped me in the air to keep my small mind contained in earthly human limits not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown.

Women are incredible in groups together. Terrifying. Men have nothing on them.

Frustration is the mother of risk.

Foolish, whenever you take the meanness and formality of that thing you do, instead of converting it into the obedient spiracle ofyour character and aims.

A cross without offense to the world is a cross without power in the world.

As I said, I believe life starts at conception.

Venice would be a fine city if it were only drained.

Looking comparatively at the good things, you will see that they are not excluded from wisdom, humanity and bravery.