The most eloquent eulogy of capitalism was made by its greatest enemy. Marx is only anti-capitalist in so far as capitalism is out of date.

If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.

And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended.

There is but one freedom, To put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved, and not the reverse.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

For a man who loves power, competition from the gods is annoying. I have done away with that. I have proven to these illusory godsthat a man, if he has the will, can practice, without any apprenticeship, their ridiculous trade.

...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.