Denn was ist Freiheit? Dasz man den Willen zur Selbstverantwortlichkeit hat.

Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of bestowing and have their value in the feeling of the plenitude of life.

Anyone who has looked deeply into the world may guess how much wisdom lies in the superficiality of men. The instinct that preserves them teaches them to be flighty light, and false.

Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her

What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives acts and experiences otherwise than we do?

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.

The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.