What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.

The wise man is astonished by anything.

The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.

We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.

Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.

Man: The most complex of beings, and thus the most dependent of beings. On all that made you up, you depend.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.