An attack on the roots of passion means an attack on the roots of life.

The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.

And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

If you go to see the woman, do not forget the whip.

Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things.

Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon drop off.

Parasitism is the only practice of the church; with its ideal of anaemia, its holiness, draining all blood, all love, all hope for life; the beyond as the will to negate every reality; the cross as the mark of recognition for the most subterranean conspiracy that ever existed-against health, beauty, whatever has turned out well, courage, spirit, graciousness of the soul, against life itself.