The truth is ugly: we have art so as not to perish from the truth.

if a person wishes to achieve peace of mind and happiness then they should acquire faith, but if they want to be a disciple of truth, which can be "frightening and ugly,” then they need to search.

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

Pardon me, my friends, I have ventured to paint my happiness on the wall.

If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants

Thus do I want man and woman to be: the one fit to wage war and the other fit to give birth, but both fit to dance with head and feet.

Reality is captured in the categorical nets of Language only at the expense of fatal distortion.