Strength, strength alone, is honorable, the German nation clamors in its majesty. But since it is hard to muster strength so suddenly, they have to make do with boorishness.

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

A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.