Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, noris it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God -- the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom

The end of a melody is not its goal; but nonetheless, if the melody had not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.