But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeketh to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark and deep — into the evil.

Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them.

As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion.

The gilded sheath of pity sometimes covers the dagger of envy.

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

Everything is the same, nothing is worthwhile, the world is senseless, knowledge strangles.

The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction