One should never know too precisely whom one has married

In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings.

New ways I go, a new speech comes to me; weary I grow, like all creators, of the old tongues. My spirit no longer wants to walk on worn soles.

A philosophical mythology lies concealed in language, which breaks out again at every moment, no matter how cautious we may be.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

The great wars of the present age are the effects of the study of history.

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.