To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.

The most fatal seductive lie that has yet existed

We talk so abstractly about poetry because all of us are usually bad poets.

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.

On the tree, Future, we build our nest; and in our solitude eagles shall bring us nourishment in their beaks!

Love, too, has to be learned.

The drive toward knowledge has a moral origin.