The really historical performance would talk to ghosts.

The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.

At present I am light, now I fly, now I see myself below me, now a god dances through me.

Noble and wise men once believed in the music of the spheres: noble and wise men still continue to believe in the "moral significance of existence." But one day even this sphere-music will no longer be audible to them! They will wake up and take note that their ears were dreaming.

When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.

Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.

whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even hates image and parable.