A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne.

It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds walls; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exists.

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

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

Follow in the footsteps of your fathers' virtue! How could you hope to climb high unless your fathers' will climbs with you?