There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

Do not paint a picture either of God or the devil on your walls: this will ruin both your walls and the atmosphere.

He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens!

Whoever no longer finds greatness in God no longer finds it anywhere--he must either deny it or create it.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie.

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.