One should not wrongly reify 'cause' and 'effect,' as the natural scientists do (and whoever, like them, now 'naturalizes' in his thinking), according to the prevailing mechanical doltishness which makes the cause press and push until it 'effects' its end; one should use 'cause' and 'effect' only as pure concepts, that is to say, as conventional fictions for the purpose of designation and communication-not for explanation.

To find everything profound - that is an inconvenient trait. It makes one strain one's eyes all the time, and in the end one finds more than one might have wished.

Love and hatred are not blind, but are blinded by the fire they bear within themselves.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

We must take precautions against being prematurely honed sharp--since at the same time we are being prematurely honed thin.