At every step one has to wrestle for truth; one has to surrender for it almost everything to which the heart, to which our love, our trust in life, cling otherwise. That requires greatness of soul: the service of truth is the hardest service. What does it mean, after all, to have integrity in matters of the spirit? That one is severe against one's heart...that one makes of every Yes and No a matter of conscience.

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.

As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion.

There is an old illusion. It is called good and evil.

My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal!

Do you want to have an easy life? Then always stay with the herd and lose yourself in the herd.