If we make sacrifices in doing good or in doing ill, it does not alter the ultimate value of our actions; even if we stake our life in the cause, as martyrs do for the sake of our church : it is a sacrifice to our longing for power, or for the purpose of conserving our sense of power.

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.

One day soon you will meet a man, and he will rise like a phoenix from the ashes, and it is my greatest hope that he will not give you syphilis.

How far is truth susceptible of embodiment? That is the question, that is the experiment.

I love those who do not first seek a reason beyond the stars for going down and being sacrifices, but sacrifice themselves to the earth, that the earth of the Superman may hereafter arrive.

For the longest time, marriage has had a guilty conscience about itself. Should we believe it?--Yes, we should believe it.

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.