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

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...

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

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

Art is a revolt against fate.

Art is a revolt against fate.

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 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.

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.

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...

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love....

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love....

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

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

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...

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

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...

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

There are not fifty ways of fighting, there's only one, and that's to win. Neither...

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...

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

What is man? A miserable little pile of secrets

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.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and...

Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and...