💬 Quotes

"Beware of first-hand ideas! ... Drink the milk, but do not see the cow—no, that is rather far-fetched, and I am so used to <i>The Book</i>."

"Man has been very slow, and there still remains the illusion that sex is somewhere near the centre of the real life, though the roots of the fungus are elsewhere."

"Let us see anything rather than humanity... True, we love mankind, but we loathe distinct individuals."

"Cannot you see that it is we that are dying, and that down here the only thing that really lives is the Machine?"

"Man is the measure. Yet only myself and what I hear and see is the universe. There is no power upon earth save myself."

"The Machine does not mean to us what it meant to our forefathers. They tolled for it, it plied for us. But we have made it the end in itself, and a substitute for God."

"We are born for a brief hour, and the space between our birth and our death is narrow indeed. Even if we live to old age, what is the span of our existence?"

"A hungry belly has no ears; it listens to no logic, it is moved by no prayers, nor is it appeased by any consideration of duty."

"Greed is the root of all evils, and yet the whole world runs after wealth as if it were the ultimate salvation."

"Eloquence, that noble and pure art, has been ruined by these bombastic fools who think that true power lies in shouting empty phrases rather than expressing profound thoughts."

"Who can trust a friend when the world itself is a marketplace where everything, even loyalty, is bought and sold?"

"Let us eat and drink and be merry; the dead have no appetite, and tomorrow we may belong to the shadows."

"Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

"Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready."

"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is."

"I could not fail myself and die on this particular day."

"Pain does not matter to a man."

"He is my brother. But I must kill him and keep strong enough to do it."

"A man should be indifferent to many things, but not to the quality of his sins."

"I'm tired of needing women. I'm tired of women needing me."