It's a burden to us even to be human beings-men with our own real body and blood; we are ashamed of it, we think it a disgrace and try to contrive to be some sort of impossible generalized man.

At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts.

Humiliate the reason and distort the soul.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

And do you know, do you know that mankind can live without the Englishman, it can live without Germany, it can live only too well without the Russian man, it can live without science, without bread, and it only cannot live without beauty, for then there would be nothing at all to do in the world! The whole secret is here, the whole of history is here. Science itself would not stand for a minute without beauty

It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.

To cook your hare you must first catch it.