What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

There is always a need for intoxication China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves - is what I call hell

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act