Great things demand that we either remain silent about them or speak in a great manner: in a great manner, that is-cynically and with innocence.

Where the good begins.- Where the poor power of the eye can no longer see the evil impulse as such because it has become too subtle, man posits the realm of goodness; and the feeling that we have now entered the realm of goodness excites all those impulses which had been threatened and limited by the evil impulses, like the feeling of security, of comfort, of benevolence. Hence, the duller the eye, the more extensive the good. Hence the eternal cheerfulness of the common people and of children. Hence the gloominess and grief - akin to a bad conscience - of the great thinkers.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

We criticize a man or a book most sharply when we sketch out their ideal.

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

Time, space, and causality are only metaphors of knowledge, with which we explain things to ourselves.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.