Parasitism is the only practice of the church; with its ideal of anaemia, its holiness, draining all blood, all love, all hope for life; the beyond as the will to negate every reality; the cross as the mark of recognition for the most subterranean conspiracy that ever existed-against health, beauty, whatever has turned out well, courage, spirit, graciousness of the soul, against life itself.

I teach the No to all that makes weak--that exhausts. I teach the Yes to all that strengthens, that stores up strength, that pride.

What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure - as a mere automaton of duty?

Sensuality often hastens the "Growth of Love" so much that the roots remain weak and are easily torn up.

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

The English are a nation of consummate cant.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.