If we had reverence for our life, our life would take at once religious form. But as it is, in our filthy irreverence, it remains a disgusting slough, where each one of us goes so thoroughly disguised in dirt that we are all alike and indistinguishab

The nearer a conception comes towards finality, the nearer does the dynamic relation, out of which this concept has arisen, draw to a close. To know is to lose.

In America the cohesion was a matter of choice and will. But in Europe it was organic.

In my very own self, I am part of my family.

Build then the ship of death, for you must take the longest journey, to oblivion.

If it doesn't absorb you, if it isn't any fun, don't do it.

We are so conceited and so unproud.