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

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

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

What good is all this free-thinking, modernity, and turncoat flexibility if at some gut level you are still a Christian, a Catholic, and even a priest!

Every profound spirit needs a mask.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

One should not wrongly reify 'cause' and 'effect,' as the natural scientists do (and whoever, like them, now 'naturalizes' in his thinking), according to the prevailing mechanical doltishness which makes the cause press and push until it 'effects' its end; one should use 'cause' and 'effect' only as pure concepts, that is to say, as conventional fictions for the purpose of designation and communication-not for explanation.