It is only possible through the fact that sympathy for the general life and suffering of mankind is very weakly developed in the individual.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants

I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.

The golden fleece of self-sufficiency guards against cudgel- blows but not against pin-pricks.

It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is pronounced unpleasant.