"The present age is essentially a sensible, reflecting age, which is without passion, and which therefore breaks out into no enthusiasm."

"I do not call myself a Christian."

"The true humorist does not want to be a humorist, but an earnest man."

"The objective truth is not for me, for I am a subject, and as a subject I must exist."

"The present state of the world and the whole of life is a big consolation for me. I may not be great, but I'm not the only one who's a failure."