One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it

The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dice box in hand, shaking the dice.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by the terror of such spectacles, imaginations will paint things entirely strange to those who have not witnessed them.

The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.

There is only one duty; that is to be happy.

Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.