When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself?

The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.

No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.

The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who can make his own.

Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass of men are made by nature to be slaves, they are unfit to control themselves, and for their own good need masters.

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.