A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

What am I doing here in this endless winter?

The founder brought the laws from the lawgiver; the faithful are meant to announce the laws to the lawgiver.

I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man.

You, who can't do anything, think you can bring off something like that? How can you even dare to think about it? If you were capable of it, you certainly wouldn't be in need of it.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

The true way goes over a line that, rather than spanning heights, is hardly above the ground. It appears more decidedly to make one trip than to be walked along.