Everything matters. Nothing's important.

In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops.

Whoever thinks much and to good purpose easily forgets his own experiences, but not the thoughts which these experiences have called forth.

You who hate the Jews so, why did you adopt their religion?

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.--What was that god thinking who counseled, "Know thyself!" Did he perhaps mean,"Cease to concern yourself! Become objective!"--And Socrates?--And "scientific men"?

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.

Pain makes hens and poets cackle.