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

It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so much art, surface, play of colors, graciousness that his sight no longer makes one suffer.---

Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.

I am no man, I am dynamite.

To be natural means to dare to be as immoral as Nature is.

For some natures, changing their opinions is just as much a requirement of cleanliness as changing their clothes: for others, however, it is merely a requirement of vanity.

In the stream.- Mighty waters draw much stone and rubble along with them; mighty spirits many stupid and bewildered heads.