The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God -- the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom

Through searching out origins, one becomes a crab. The historian looks backwards, and finally he also believes backwards.

Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.

We talk about taking "pleasure in a thing": but in truth it is pleasure in ourselves, mediated by a thing.

Go through the towns and ask yourselves whether these people should reproduce! Let them go to their whores!

When one thinks profusely and cleverly, not only his face but his body too takes on a clever appearance.

A vocation is the backbone of life.