I absolutely cannot see how one can later make up for having failed to go to a good school at the proper time. For this is what distinguishes the hard school as a good school from all others: that much is demanded; and sternly demanded; that the good, even the exceptional, is demanded as the norm; that praise is rare, that indulgence is nonexistent; that blame is apportioned sharply, objectively, without regard for talent or antecedents. What does one learn in a hard school? Obeying and commanding.

Art depends upon the inexactitude of sight.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

We belong to an age whose culture is in danger of perishing through the means to culture.

The final reward of the dead - to die no more

There's no defense against stupidity.