I love him who justifieth the future ones, and redeemeth the past ones: for he is willing to succumb through the present ones.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in.

It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so much art, surface, play of colors, graciousness that his sight no longer makes one suffer.---

On the heights it is warmer than those in the valley imagine.

The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice.