the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an exceptional man has missed his way and deteriorated

Those who are devoid of purpose will make the void their purpose.

Morality in Europe today is herd-morality

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

As much as possible, and this as quickly as possible: that is what the great mental and emotional illness craves that is variously called "present" or "culture," but that is actually a symptom of consumption.

I am the leading strings of the ego and the prompter of its concepts.