Three metamorphoses of the spirit I relate to you: how the spirit becomes a camel; and the camel, a lion; and the lion, finally, a child.

For as long as they praise you, never forget that it is not yet your own path that you walk, but another person's.

Christianity is a metaphysics of the hangman.

Human existence basically is──a never to be completed imperfect tense.

Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.

Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.

Sins are indispensable to every society organized on an ecclesiastical basis; they are the only reliable weapons of power; the priest lives upon sins; it is necessary to him that there be sinning.