as though "the Truth" were such an innocent and incompetent creature as to require protectors!

One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?

For the longest time, marriage has had a guilty conscience about itself. Should we believe it?--Yes, we should believe it.

We attack not only to hurt someone, to defeat him, but perhaps also simply to become conscious of our own strength.

We criticize a man or a book most sharply when we sketch out their ideal.

One pays dearly for being immortal: one must die many times during his life.