All great men are play actors of their own ideal.

I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of super terrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.

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

He who lives as children live - who does not struggle for his bread and does not believe that his actions possess any ultimate significance - remains childlike.

Phlegmatic natures can be inspired to enthusiasm only by being made into fanatics.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen.