Every master has but one disciple, and that one becomes unfaithful to him, for he too is destined for master-ship.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

Everyone carries within himself an image of womanliness derived from his mother: it is this that determines whether, on the whole,he will revere women, or despise them, or remain generally indifferent to them.

Lust and self-mutilation are closely related impulses. There are also self-mutilators among knowers: they do not want to be creators under any circumstances.

A thing can only live through a pious illusion.

When a man is ill his very goodness is sickly.

Every extension of knowledge arises from making the conscious the unconscious.