Man would sooner have the Void for his purpose than be void of Purpose.

We, however, want to become those we are--human beings who are new, unique, incomparable, who give themselves laws, who create themselves. To that end we must become the best learners and discoverers of everything that is lawful and necessary in the world: we must become physicists in order to be able to be creators in this sense--while hitherto all valuations and ideals have been based on ignorance of physics or were constructed so as to contradict it. Therefore: long live physics! And even more so that which compels us to turn to physics--our honesty!

After Buddha was dead, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave.

Woman is essentially unpeaceful, like the cat, however well she may have trained herself to present an appearance of peace.

I can be thrown by the wayside, but I'm looking at the stars.

In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species.

Everything becomes and recurs eternally - escape is impossible!