Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox.

I could only believe in a God who could dance... And now a God dances through me.

The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God -- the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom

The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment.

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.