"All that is straight lies. All truth is crooked; time itself is a circle."

"Thinking evil is making evil."

"Not to see many things, not to hear them, not to let them approach one--first piece of ingenuity, first proof that one is no accident but a necessity."

"We are always in our own company."

"However far man may extend himself with his knowledge, however objective he may appear to himself- -ultimately he reaps nothing but his own biography."

"A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions!"

"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please"

"Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem."

"A finished person is a boring person."

"I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes."

"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes."

"Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world."