Philosophie
“We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in.”
“God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.”
“Conflict is the gadfly of thought.”
“Every sign can be cited and placed in quotation marks; in so doing it can break with every given context.”
“I have but one language—yet that language is not mine.”
“Deconstruction is not a method and cannot be transformed into one.”
“There is nothing outside the text.”
“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”
“Death, be not proud.”
“Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.”
“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”
“Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.”
“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately in love with suffering.”
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for.”
“Beauty will save the world.”
“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”
“Conquer yourself rather than the world.”
“Cogito, ergo sum.”
“Take life lightly, for lightness is not superficial, but glides above things.”