Who said “In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and…”?

“Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.”

“Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.”

“At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.”

“The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.”

“People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.”

“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”

“Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.”

“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!”

“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”

“A word too much always defeats its purpose.”

“Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.”