Christianity was from the beginning, essentially and fundamentally, life's nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in "another" or "better" life.

Weariness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity-and finally liberty is bestowed by sleep.

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite.

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

One should not go into churches if one wants to breathe pure air.

Heaping glowing coals on another person's head is usually misunderstood and comes to nothing because the other person knows just as well that he is in the right and has also given some thought on his own part to heaping coals.