The small force that it takes to launch a boat into the stream should not be confused with the force of the stream that carries it along: but this confusion appears in nearly all biographies.

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.

...one can speak with the utmost clearness, and yet not be heard by anyone.

Without music, life would be a mistake... I would only believe in a God who knew how to dance.

All great artists and thinkers are great workers.

Annoyance is a physical malady that is in no way cured just because the annoying situation that causes it is eliminated.

A book is made better by good readers and clearer by good opponents.