There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

All words are prejudices.

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

Some rule out of a lust for ruling; others, so as not to be ruled:Mto these it is merely the lesser of two evils.

The greatest progress that the human race has made lies in learning how to make correct inferences.

Man is very well defended against himself... The actual fortress is inaccessible, even invisible to him, unless his friends and enemies play the traitor and conduct him in by a secret path.

The apprentice and the master love the master in different ways.