The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

One lives for the day, one lives very fast, one lives very irresponsibly: precisely this is called "freedom."

Men seldom persevere in a vocation unless they believe or can convince themselves that it is fundamentally more important than anyother calling. Women are the same with their lovers.

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

The concepts "soul", "spirit" and last of all the concept "immortal soul" were invented in order to despise the body, in order to make it sick - "holy" - in order to cultivate an attitude of appalling disrespect for all things in life which deserve to be treated seriously i.

Without passions you have no experience whatever.

Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.