In order to be able to write well upon a subject, one must have ceased to be interested in it; the thought which is to be soberlyexpressed must already be entirely past and no longer be one's actual concern.

Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

Those works whose ideal has not as much living reality and, as it were, personality as the beloved one or a friend had better remain unwritten. They would at least never become works of art.

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.