Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime.

As long as the artist invents and is inspired, he remains in a constrained state of mind, at least for the purpose of communication. He then wants to say everything, which is the wrong tendency of young geniuses or the right prejudice of old bunglers. Thus, he fails to recognize the value and dignity of self-restraint, which is indeed for both the artist and the man the first and the last, the most necessary and the highest goal.

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

The few existing writings against Kantian philosophy are the most important documents in the case history of sound common sense.

The obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

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.