People who, out of an inborn moderation, leave every glass standing only half-emptied refuse to admit that everything in the world has its sediments and dregs.

Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

Religious War has signified the greatest advance of the masses so far, for it proves that the masses have begun to treat concepts with respect.

My abyss speaks, I have turned my ultimate depth inside out into the light.

What a dissimilarity we see in walking, swimming, and flying. And yet it is one and the same motion: it is just that the load- bearing capacity of the earth differs from that of the water, and that that of the water differs from that of the air! Thus we should also learn to fly as thinkers--and not imagine that we are thereby becoming idle dreamers!

If you know the why, you can live any how.

The woman and the genius do not work. Up to now, woman has been mankind's supreme luxury. In all those moments when we do our best, we do not work. Work is merely a means to these moments.