Where does one not find that bland degeneration which beer produces in the spirit!

Great things demand that we either remain silent about them or speak in a great manner: in a great manner, that is-cynically and with innocence.

THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very high plane he does not easily find anyone to share his pleasure; he offers entertainment but nobody accepts it. That gives him, in certain circumstances, a comically touching pathos; for he has no right to force pleasure on men. He pipes, but none will dance: can that be tragic?

Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved