If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.

But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeketh to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark and deep — into the evil.

Inexperienced girls flatter themselves with the notion that it is in their power to make a man happy.

Error has made animals into men; is truth in a position to make men into animals again?

This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production of the philosopher, of the artist, and of the saint within us and outside us, and thereby to work at the consummation of nature.

The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions.