A world state which which embraces the entire globe and all of humanity cannot exist. The political world is a pluriverse, not a universe.

Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are.

The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy.

All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts.

When will we learn that childhood is in a great sense not simply a preparation for adult life but a thing unique and complete in itself—a masterpiece of God.

All law is situational law. The sovereign produces and guarantees the situation in its totality. He has the monopoly over this last decision.

Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.

I want to paint a canvasthat will be nothing but harmonious tone.

The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate as a form of its political organization.

It is not how long the music last but how much we enjoy.

Aren't we all a bunch of weirdos?

A seed, in order to grow, must first be planted under the best conditions. Be that space or time. I think, therefore, that you have yet to find your perfect conditions.

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

Fear not little flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock, they cannot prevail. . .Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

A heart that has lost knows every other heart that has lost. Late and soon, loss is all the same.

Everything in the street today seems soft focus.

What we really need to avoid is this epidemic of false positivism and false happiness, which says if it hurts, it must be bad. Sometimes it hurts because you have a conscience.

I'll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.