Tolerance is a proof of distrust in one's own ideals.

When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.

Among human beings there is no greater banality than death. Second in order, because it is possible to die without being born, comes birth, and next comes marriage.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

The bite of conscience, like the bite of a dog into a stone, is a stupidity.

Life is that which must overcome itself again and again

In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.