It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so much art, surface, play of colors, graciousness that his sight no longer makes one suffer.---

Everything becomes and recurs eternally - escape is impossible!

And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and forerunners of such saintship.

His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in.

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.

New ways I go, a new speech comes to me; weary I grow, like all creators, of the old tongues. My spirit no longer wants to walk on worn soles.

Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.