The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.

The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs

The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.

The thought is merely a sign, as the word is merely a sign for the thought.

It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds walls; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exists.