He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man.

Life is at an end where the kingdom of God begins

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?

The devotion of the greatest is to encounter risk and danger, and play dice for death.

Human life is inexplicable, and still without meaning: a fool may decide its fate.