One must not let oneself be misled: they say 'Judge not!' but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.

In every philosophical school, three thinkers succeed one another in the following way: the first produces out of himself the sapand seed, the second draws it out into threads and spins a synthetic web, and the third waits in this web for the sacrificial victims that are caught in it--and tries to live off philosophy.

Creating-that is the great salvation from suffering, and life's alleviation. But for the creator to appear, suffering itself is needed, and much transformation.

The people we have employed in an undertaking that has turned out badly should be doubly rewarded.

It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad.

Some men are born posthumously.

One can lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace one nevertheless tells the truth.