Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice.

You say 'I' and you are proud of this word. But greater than this- although you will not believe in it - is your body and its great intelligence, which does not say 'I' but performs 'I'.

I have learned to walk: ever since, I let myself run. I have learned to fly: ever since, I do not want to be pushed before moving along.

If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.

The will to overcome an emotion, is ultimately only the will of another, or of several other, emotions.

We belong to an age whose culture is in danger of perishing through the means to culture.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.