All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.

Assuming that rapture is nature's play with man, the Dionysian artist's creative activity is the play with rapture.

All contempt for the sexual life, all denigration under the concept 'impure" is the essential crime against Life- against the Holy Spirit of Life".

I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over.

It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad.

Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.

There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that they carry off lambs. And when the lambs whisper among themselves, "These birds of prey are evil, and does this not give us a right to say that whatever is the opposite of a bird of prey must be good," there is nothing intrinsically wrong with such an argument-though the birds of prey will look somewhat quizzically and say, We have nothing against these good lambs; in fact, we love them; nothing tastes better than a tender lamb.