“Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.”

“The only truly consistent are the dead.”

“De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.”

“But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.”

“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.”

“Eating, drinking, dying - three primary manifestations of the universal and impersonal life. Animals live that impersonal and universal life without knowing its nature. Ordinary people know its nature but don't live it and, if they think seriously about it, refuse to accept it. An enlightened person knows it, lives it, and accepts it completely. He eats, he drinks, and in due course he dies - but he eats with a difference, drinks with a difference, dies with a difference.”

“Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.”