What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what there is to love in man is that he is a going-over and a going-under.

Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking.

I desire that your conjectures should not reach beyond your creative will. Could you create a god? Then do not speak to me of any gods.

A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

At times, our strengths propel us so far forward we can no longer endure our weaknesses and perish from them.

The higher you ascend, the smaller you appear to the eye of envy. But most of all they hate those who fly.