For let us not underestimate the Christian: the Christian, false to the point of innocence, is far above the ape-regarding Christians, a well known theory of descent becomes a mere compliment.

I have not the capability to give you my loyalty, nor do I have the vanity to appear as if I did.

I obviously do everything to be "hard to understand" myself

The destiny of the human race is to widen the gap separating it from the lower races of animals. Any code of morality which retains its permanence and authority after the conditions of existence which gave rise to it have changed, works against this upward progress of man.

In almost all sciences the fundamental knowledge is either found in earliest times or is still being sought.

Women are quite able to make friends with a man; but to preserve such a friendship - that no doubt requires the assistance of a slight physical antipathy

The preponderance of pain over pleasure is the cause of our fictitious morality and religion.