Books and drafts mean something quite different for different thinkers. One collects in a book the lights he was able to steal and carry home swiftly out of the rays of some insight that suddenly dawned on him, while another thinker offers us nothing but shadows - images in black and grey of what had built up in his soul the day before.

Certitude drives people mad.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

Higher than "thou shalt" stands "I will" (the heroes), and higher than "I will" stands "I am" (the Greek gods).

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

Every word is a prejudice.

Respectability offends my taste.