Noble and wise men once believed in the music of the spheres: noble and wise men still continue to believe in the "moral significance of existence." But one day even this sphere-music will no longer be audible to them! They will wake up and take note that their ears were dreaming.

The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.

Man makes god in his own image.

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

Both classically- and romantically-minded spirits-inasmuch as these two species always exist-occupy themselves with a vision of the future: but the former do so out of a strength of their age, the latter out of its weakness.

The beating of drums, which delights young writers who serve a party, sounds to him who does not belong to the party line like a rattling of chains, and excites sympathy rather than admiration.

When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.