Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

I didn't cry. Real things don't make me cry. Only false or sentimental things can do that. In this respect I'm like most civilised humans.

Well, I would hardly say I do write as yet. But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off.

Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it.

If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.

The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.

What men call adventures usually consist of the stoical endurance of appalling daily misery.

The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

'Drugs' and psychedelics are not two members of a family, they are antithetically opposed to each other. The pro-psychedelic position is an anti-drug position.

Every single comedian in Canada is now living in the United States.

It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.