Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell.

When one rows it is not the rowing which moves the ship: rowing is only a magical ceremony by means of which one compels a demon to move the ship.

Society tames the wolf into a dog. And man is the most domesticated animal of all.

No victor believes in chance.

We feign pity when we want to demonstrate our ascendancy over feelings of hostility: but usually in vain. Whenever we notice this,there is an accompanying surge in those hostile sensations.

The philosopher caught in the nets of language.

Is man God's biggest blunder, or is man's God?