We have art in order not to die of the truth.

It is no doubt possible to fly--but first you must know how to dance like an angel.

What is bad? -Everything that arises from weakness.

Whatever a theologian regards as true must be false: there you have almost a criterion of truth.

Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.