The State is the coldest of all cold monsters.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Christianity is Platonism for the people.

Objectivity and justice have nothing to do with one another.

One can promise actions, but not feelings, for the latter are involuntary. He who promises to love forever or hate forever or be forever faithful to someone is promising something that is not in his power.

Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.

Whoever no longer finds greatness in God no longer finds it anywhere--he must either deny it or create it.