Man will return to his origins. Goethe has finally become as squiggly as the city of his fathers.

The likeness of the world? A shadow! And world's glory? A dream!

Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.

In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits, he discardsit with indifference.

If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.