That was only the beginning - where one burns books, one will finally also burn people.

At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did I bear it. The question remains: how?

The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.

All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.

In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.

We know only that our entire existence is forced into new paths and disrupted, that new circumstances, new joys and new sorrows await us, and that the unknown has its uncanny attractions, alluring and at the same time anguishing.

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.