A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.

One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

Woman is essentially unpeaceful, like the cat, however well she may have trained herself to present an appearance of peace.

When gods die, they always die many sorts of death.

The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task.

In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.