War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other. war
Love is being stupid together. love
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. poetry
The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. future
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. art & work
God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. alone
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature. science
History is the science of things which are not repeated. history & science
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. poetry
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. future & time
Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. attitude
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. art, business & politics
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. best & dreams
God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. God & religion
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. history
Power without abuse loses its charm. power