My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs…

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My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.