Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

The conflict between art and politics... cannot and must not be solved.

I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.

Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time

Nietzsche ... has caused [philosophers] so much confusion.

The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin strength precisely because of its peculiar independence.