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

Quote by Andre Malraux

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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.

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

Then I despair... I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by...

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

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,...

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

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.

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...

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.

Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

Sharp acids corrode their own containers.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...