The sickly cultural pathos which the whole of France indulges in, that fetishism of the cultural heritage.

We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.

The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body.

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.

Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much.

Illusion is no longer possible, because the real is no longer possible.

Today's terrorism is not the product of a traditional history of anarchism, nihilism, or fanaticism. It is instead the contemporary partner of globalization.

What I am, I don't know. I am the simulacrum of myself.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real.

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

In order to grasp the principles of spiritual growth, you need to be filled with understanding and the wisdom of God.

Maybe we tried to leave as much memories of ourselves with each other because we knew one day we wouldn't be together any more.

Nothing Is Important, Yet Everything Is Important

The telephone is the most important single technological resource of later life.

When you raise prices, you've got to make sure you get it to the bottom line. You can fritter it away because of the way you're running the business, with maybe not a totally disciplined approach.

We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.

Know yourself and go in swinging.

It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal.

I didn't own a cell phone for a long time. I was late in the game on that.