The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction

We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.

Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.

All that philosophers have handled for millennia has been conceptual mummies; nothing actual has ever escaped from their hands alive.

In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.