Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.

I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not to see something as one sees it... The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself; lying to others is relatively the exception.

Men seldom persevere in a vocation unless they believe or can convince themselves that it is fundamentally more important than anyother calling. Women are the same with their lovers.

How much disgruntled heaviness, lameness, dampness, how much beer is there in the German intelligence.

Men were considered "free" only so that they might be considered guilty - could be judged and punished: consequently, every act had to be considered as willed, and the origin of every act had to be considered as lying within the consciousness (and thus the most fundamental psychological deception was made the principle of psychology itself).

All great artists and thinkers are great workers.