Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

Good drama must be drastic.

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

Poetry should describe itself, and always be simultaneously poetry and the poetry of poetry.

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

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

What do the few existing mystics still do? -- They more or less mold the raw chaos of already existing religion. But only in an isolated, insignificant manner, through feeble attempts. Do it in a grand manner from all aspects with unified efforts, and let us awaken all religions from their graves, newly revivify and form the immortal ones through the omnipotence of art and science.