I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

Immortal is the moment when I engendered the recurrence. For the sake of this moment I bear the recurrence.

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

A certain sense of cruelty towards oneself and others is Christian; hatred of those who think differently; the will to persecute. Mortal hostility against the masters of the earth, against the 'noble', that is also Christian; hatred of mind, of pride, courage, freedom, libertinage of mind, is Christian; hatred of the senses, of joy in general, is Christian.

Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.

Body am I entirely, and nothing else; and soul is only a word for something about the body.

When we have a great goal we are superior even to justice, not merely to our deeds and our judges.