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.

What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim.

Morality in Europe today is herd-morality

Mozart, the last chord of a centuries-old great European taste.

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.