Precisely this is godliness--that there are gods, but no God.

I no longer want to walk on worn soles.

If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.

For our self respect depends upon our ability to make requital, for good or for evil.

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes along with superficial knowledge.

Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of bestowing and have their value in the feeling of the plenitude of life.