It is only necessary to destroy in oneself the roots of those motives which determine a man's course, in order to enjoy the omnipotence and immunity of a god.

I did not hate God or Christ, but merely the God and Christ of the people whom I hated.

To knot a sentence up properly, it has to be thought out carefully, and revised. New phrases have to be put in; sudden changes of subject must be introducted; verbs must be shifted to unsuspected localities; short words must be excised with ruthless hand; archaisms must be sprinkled like sugar-plums upon the concoction; the fatal human tendency to say things straightforwardly must be detected and defeated by adroit reversals; and, if a glimmer of meaning yet remain under close scrutiny, it must be removed by replacing all the principal verbs by paraphrases in some dead language.

Alas the Master; so he sinks in death. But whoso knows the mystery of man Sees life and death as curves of the same plan

For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will.

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.