Quotes

There is no shame in being happy.

To understand the world, one must sometimes turn away from it.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Many people complain that their whole life goes by in searching for the meaning of life, which, if it exists at all, lies nowhere else but in the search itself.

Great wisdom lies at the bottom of a dark abyss; and only the maddest men have spoken the deepest words.

Freedom is madness; and only madmen are free.

Indeed, it is terrible even to think that neither our hatreds nor our loves depend on our free will.

The more you think about life, the more its ambushes open up and its pathless wastes appear.

All philosophy is sad. If you talk about happiness for long, you will end up feeling a little unhappy.

The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.

Shut your eyes and see.