"Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions."

"Knowing not to have illusions is absolutely necessary in order to have dreams."

"It was just a moment, and I saw myself. Then I no longer could say what I was."

"Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift of dreaming."

"Was it worthwhile? Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small."

"The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere."

"Oh salty sea, how much of your salt are tears of Portugal!"

"Everything is absurd."

"Humanitarianism is rude."

"Civilization consists in giving something an unfitting name, then dream about the result. And indeed the false name a…"