Quotes by Bataille, Georges

Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys >>

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradictio >>

Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but >>

Quotations about Neurosis

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as s >>

Everything great that we know has come from neurotics never will the w >>

Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the ac >>

The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives.

Bataille, Georges