"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less attention.

Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality.

An unprejudiced mind is probably the rarest thing in the world; to nonprejudice I attach the greatest value.

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.