"

The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this...more

"

There comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. The schoolteacher is well aware of this...more

"

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

"

Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.

"

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep

"

The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

"

Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.

"

But what are a hundred million deaths? When one has served in a war, one hardly knows what a dead man is, after a while. And since a dead man has no s...more

"

No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.

"

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

"

You are only excused for happiness and success if you generously agree to share them. But if one is to be happy, one should not worry too much about o...more

"

If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong t

"

Now I can broach the notion of suicide. It has already been felt what solution might be given. At this point the problem is reversed. It was previousl...more

"

On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or...more

"

The literal meaning of life is whatever you're doing that prevents you from killing yourself.