Faith is like love, it cannot be forced. Therefore it is a dangerous operation if an attempt be made to introduce or bind it by state regulations; for, as the attempt to force love begets hatred, so also to compel religious belief produces rank unbelief.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.

Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.

Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!