The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.

Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here?

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

One should not be deceived: great spirits are skeptics ... Strength, FREEDOM which is born of the strength and overstrength of the spirit, proves itself by skepticism. Men of conviction are not worthy of the least consideration in fundamental questions of value and disvalue. Convictions are prisons.