Giving style” to one’s character - a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures and then comprehend them in an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason and even weakness delights the eye.

It is our needs that interpret the world; our drives and their For and Against. Every drive is a kind of lust to rule; each one has its perspective that it would like to compel all other drives to accept as a norm.

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.

One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs

A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.