The view that honesty is something, and even a virtue, belongs, it is true, to those private opinions which are forbidden in this age of public opinions.

Everywhere resoundeth the voices of those who preach death; and the earth is full of those to whom death hath to be preached.

The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.

Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art.

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.

Sleep is no mean art.