Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?

The philosopher caught in the nets of language.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.

Those who show pity and are always ready to help during times of trouble are seldom the same ones who rejoice in our joy: when others are happy they have nothing to do, they become superfluous and lose their feeling of superiority, and so they easily show their displeasure.

Jealous is every virtue of the others, and a dreadful thing is jealousy. Even virtues may succumb by jealousy.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.