Exactly For The Sake Of What Is

Men Always Want To Be Terribly Influential, But I See That As Somewhat External. Do I Imagine Myself Being Influential? No. I Want To Understand. And If Others Understand--in The Same Sense That I Have Understood--that Gives Me A Sense Of Satisfaction, Like Feeling At Home.

There Are No Dangerous Thoughts; Thinking Itself Is Dangerous.

The Business Of Thinking ... Undoes Every Morning What It Had Finished The Night Before.

Nihilism Is But The Other Side Of Conventionalism; Its Creed Consists Of Negations Of The Current So-called Positive Values, To Which It Remains Bound.

These Are The Fifties, You Know. The Disgusting, Posturing Fifties.