Eugene Ionesco

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, read more

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.

You can only predict things after they have happened.

You can only predict things after they have happened.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

We have not the time to take our time.

We have not the time to take our time.

A civil servant doesn't make jokes.

A civil servant doesn't make jokes.