“With slouch and swing around the ringWe trod the Fools’ Parade!We did not care: we knew we wereThe Devils’ Own Brigade:And shaven head and feet of leadMake a merry masquerade.”
“We all invite our own devils, and we must exorcise our own.”
“We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk.”
“We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.”
“We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.”
“It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.”