If Islam despises Christianity, it has a thousandfold right to do so: Islam at least assumes that it is dealing with men.

The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what harms me is harmful in itself', he knows himself to be that which in general accords honour to things, he creates values.

It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad.

That God became man indicates only this: that man should not seek his salvation in eternity, but rather establish his heaven on earth.

I go in solitude, so as not to drink out of everybody's cistern. When I am among the many I live as the many do, and I do not think I really think; after a time it always seems as if they want to banish myself from myself and rob me of my soul.

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.