To become the founder of a new religion one must be psychologically infallible in one's knowledge of a certain average type of souls who have not yet recognized that they belong together.

The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.

I can be thrown by the wayside, but I'm looking at the stars.

There is sense in hoping for recognition in a distant future only when we take it for granted that mankind will remain essentially unchanged, and that whatever is great is not for one age only but will be looked upon as great for all time.

The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces.

Assuming that rapture is nature's play with man, the Dionysian artist's creative activity is the play with rapture.

One can promise actions, but not feelings, for the latter are involuntary. He who promises to love forever or hate forever or be forever faithful to someone is promising something that is not in his power.