Whatever the State saith is a lie; whatever it hath is a theft: all is counterfeit in it, the gnawing, sanguinary, insatiate monster.

It is only possible through the fact that sympathy for the general life and suffering of mankind is very weakly developed in the individual.

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

Most people are too stupid to act in their own interest

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

Forgetting: that is a divine capacity. And whoever aspires to the heights and wants to fly must cast off much that is heavy and make himself light--I call it a divine capacity for lightness.