Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.

He who knoweth the reader, doeth nothing more for the reader. Another century of readers - and spirit itself will stink.

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

Necessity is not a fact; it's an interpretation.

Ah, there are so many things betwixt heaven and earth of which only the poets have dreamed!

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned.