Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and lost, the scientific investigator builds his hut right next to the tower of science so that he will be able to work on it and to find shelter for himself beneath those bulwarks which presently exist.

Every week we ought to have one hour for recieving letters, then go take a bath.

For the longest time, marriage has had a guilty conscience about itself. Should we believe it?--Yes, we should believe it.

Asceticism is the right way of thinking for those who have to extirpate their sensual drives because they are ravening beasts of prey. But only for those!

He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes along with superficial knowledge.

The only excuse for God is that he doesn't exist.