The charm of knowledge would be small indeed, were it not that there is so much shame to be overcome on the way to it.

I have exposed myself and am not ashamed to stand there naked. "Shame" is what we call the monster that attached itself to men when they aspired beyond the animals.

One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.

All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.

Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction?

In the stream.- Mighty waters draw much stone and rubble along with them; mighty spirits many stupid and bewildered heads.

We must understand how to hide in darkness in order to escape the gnat-swarms of utterly annoying admirers.