The degree and kind of a man's sexuality reach up into the ultimate pinnacle of his spirit.

Only ideas won by walking have any value.

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses.

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

A light has dawned for me: I need companions, living ones, not dead companions and corpses which I carry with me wherever I wish. But I need living companions who follow me because they want to follow themselves- and who want to go where I want to go.

The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.

One who has given up any hope of winning a fight or has clearly lost it wants his style in fighting to be admired all the more.