In such situations, of course, people don't nurse their anger silently, they moan aloud; but these are not frank, straightforward moans, there is a kind of cunning malice in them, and that's the whole point. Those very moans express the sufferer's delectation; if he did not enjoy his moans, he wouldn't be moaning.

Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.

Without God all things are permitted.

Civilization has made man, if not always more bloodthirsty, at least more viciously, more horribly bloodthirsty.

The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano key.

The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in the divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, for therein rests the whole of our faith.

Above all, do not lie to yourself.