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

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

The sensible author writes for no other posterity than his own--that is, for his age--so as to be able even then to take pleasurein himself.

What verse is for the poet, dialectical thinking is for the philosopher. He grasps for it in order to get hold of his own enchantment, in order to perpetuate it.

The code of Manu differs from the bible. By means of it the nobles, the philosophers, and the warriors keep the whip hand over the majority. It is full of noble valuations; it shows a feeling of perfection, an acceptance of life, and triumphant feeling toward self and life.

The world is a work of art that gives birth to itself.

To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.