He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities.

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

No one dies of fatal truths nowadays: there are too many antidotes.

The reasons for which 'this' world has been characterized as 'apparent' are the very reasons which indicate its reality; any other kind of reality is absolutely indemonstrable.

Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters.

If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him.

All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.