Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real.

Quote by Andre Malraux

Topics: Opium Quotes

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West...

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world...

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves - is what I call hell

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves - is what I call hell

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

To the humblest among them, who may be listening to me now, I want to...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes...

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to...

People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to...

When one looks back over human existence, however, it is very evident that all culture...

When one looks back over human existence, however, it is very evident that all culture...

The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.