Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes

Let us beware of saying there are laws in nature. There are only necessities: there is no one to command, no one to obey, no one to transgress. When you realize there are no goals or objectives, then you realize, too, that there is no chance: for only in a world of objectives does the word ''chance'' have any meaning.

One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.

The beauty of nature, like every other kind of beauty, is quite jealous; it demands that one serve it alone.

Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity.

Woman understand children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman