Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
Even if one's head were to be suddenly cut off, he should be able to do one more action with certainty. With martial valor, if one becomes like a revengeful ghost and shows great determination, though his head is cut off, he should not die.
I sometimes think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
The only intelligent way to discuss politics is on all fours.
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.
We must make an idol of our fear, and call it god.
It's hell with women, and hell without. Best to kill them all while the fun lasts.
Only fools die of love.
But feel, to the very end, the triumph of being alive!
Love is the blackest of all plagues... if one could die of it, there would be some pleasure in love, but you don't die of it.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
There's no right, there's no wrong, there's only popular opinion.
A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of Creation.
The cure for love is still in most cases that ancient radical medicine: love in return.
Man was created by Nature in order to explore it. As he approaches Truth he is fated to Knowledge. All the rest is bullshit.
Time destroys everything.
Too much perfection is a mistake.
In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!
The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
I want knowledge! Not faith, not assumptions, but knowledge. I want God to stretch out His hand, uncover His face and speak to me.
There's no such thing as a wrong war. Violence and revolution are the only pure acts.
The worst mistake that you can make is to think you're alive when really you're asleep in life's waiting room.
Knowledge can be a curse.
Woman are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
It is inevitable to be drawn back into human drama.
Have you ever stopped for a moment and looked at yourself through the eyes of the ultimate observer?
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
