“God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. ”

“For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.”

“Everything straight lies,' murmured the dwarf disdainfully. 'All truth is crooked, time itself is a circle.”

“Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.”

“Honor to the government, and obedience, and also to the crooked government! So desires good sleep. How can I help it, if power likes to walk on crooked legs?”

“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”

“There are terrible people who, instead of solving a problem, bungle it and make it more difficult for all who come after. Whoever can't hit the nail on the head should, please, not hit at all.”