Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is the good will to self-destruction.

Man makes god in his own image.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. We adults, on the other hand, have outgrown them and have to lower ourselves to stoop down to them. It seems to me that the grass hates us when we confess our love for it. Whoever would partake of all good things must understand how to be small at times.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.

A little poison now and then: that makes for pleasant dreams. And a lot of poison at the end, for a pleasant death.

It is not in how one soul approaches another but in how it withdraws that I knowr its affinity and solidarity with the other.