It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.

And so while dreams are the individual man's play with reality, the sculptor's art is (in a broader sense) the play with dreams.

Christianity, alcohol the two great means of corruption.

I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy animal reason - as the mad animal, as the laughing animal, as the weeping animal, as the unhappy animal.

The real question is: How much truth can I stand?

The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life.

All great men are play actors of their own ideal.