I have not come to know atheism as a result of logical reasoning and still less as an event in my life: in me it is a matter of instinct.

Smooth iceis paradisefor those who dance with expertise.

One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.

A book full of brilliance imparts some of it even to its opponents.

You highest men whom I have ever seen! This is my suspicion about you and my secret laughter: I guess that you would call my superman--a devil!

Man, however, is the most courageous animal: thereby has he overcome every animal. With sound of triumph has he overcome every pain; human pain, however, is the sorest pain.

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.