The elimination of the will altogether and the switching off of the emotions all and sundry, is tantamount to the elimination of reason: intellectual castration.

To become the founder of a new religion one must be psychologically infallible in one's knowledge of a certain average type of souls who have not yet recognized that they belong together.

The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist.

We grow hostile to many an artist or writer, not because we finally come to see he has deceived us, but because he thought no subtler means were required to ensnare us.

Those who are devoid of purpose will make the void their purpose.

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

A little poison now and then: that makes for pleasant dreams. And a lot of poison at the end, for a pleasant death.