Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

I know no other way to associate with great tasks than as play: as a sign of greatness, this is an essential presupposition.

Happiness: being able to forget or, to express in a more learned fashion.

Like the creatures of the forest and the sea, I love To lose myself for a while.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

One can lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace one nevertheless tells the truth.