It is our taste that decides against Christianity now, no longer our reasons.

Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace of mind.

You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.

Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that.

And like a wind shall I one day blow amongst them and with my spirit take away their soul's breath: thus my future wills it.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.