My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

Whether one showed you and execution or a little finger, you would extract an equally edifying thought from both of them, and would still be content. That's the way to get on in life.

- What is a Socialist? - That's when all are equal and all have property in common, there are no marriages, and everyone has any religion and laws he likes best. You are not old enough to understand that yet.

Power is only vouchsafed to the man who dares to stoop and pick it up. There is only one thing, one thing needful: one has only to dare!

If God does not exist, everything is permitted.

Can a man of perception respect himself at all?

And if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet.