A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the joy to be found even in destruction.

He who humbles himself wants to be exalted.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

With one more talent one frequently stands with greater instability than with one less, as a table stands better on three legs than on four.

The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have 'improved.

His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in.

Everything good is instinct--and, as a result, easy, necessary, free.