Wherever primitive man put up a word, he believed he had made a discovery. How utterly mistaken he really was! He had touched a problem, and while supposing he had solved it, he had created and obstacle to its solution. Now, with every new knowledge we stumble over flint-like and petrified words and, in so doing, break a leg sooner than a word.

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

And like a wind shall I one day blow amongst them and with my spirit take away their soul's breath: thus my future wills it.

It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.

Look not into the sun! Even the moon is too bright for your nocturnal eyes!

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation.

There is only a perspective seeing, only a perspective 'knowing'; and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our 'concept' of this thing, our 'objectivity,' be.