It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

Whoever does not know how to find the way to his ideal lives more frivolously and impudently than the man without an ideal.

Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood: and you will discover that blood is spirit.

The enjoyment that all morality has given us to now and that it continues to give us--and so, what has kept it going up to now--lies in everyone's right, without lengthy investigation, to praise and blame. And who could endure life without praising and blaming!

In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.