Man is something to be surpassed.

Alas, where is there still a sea in which one could drown: thus our lament resounds – across shallow swamps.

Whoever has character also has his typical experience, which returns over and over again.

What is the truth, but a lie agreed upon.

From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here?

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow.

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.