The universe seems to me infinitely strange and foreign. At such a moment I gaze upon it with a mixture of anguish and euphoria; separate from the universe, as though placed at a certain distance outside it . . . |
The unpleasant thing about society today is nowadays is that there is a confusion between people and their function; or rather, people are tempted to identify with the function they perform. This is what's happening, particularly in totalitarian soc |
There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation. |
There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation. |
There is nothing truer than myth: history, in its attempt to ''realize'' myth, distorts it, stops halfway; when history claims to have ''succeeded,'' this is nothing but humbug and mystification. Everything we dream is ''realizable.'' Reality does not have to be: it is simply what it is. |
We have not the time to take our time. |
You can only predict things after they have happened. |
You can only predict things after they've happened |
You've always made the mistake of being yourself |