Life is writing. The sole purpose of mankind is to engrave the thoughts of divinity onto the tablets of nature.

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

German writings attain popularity through a great name, or through personalities, or through good connections, or through effort,or through moderate immorality, or through accomplished incomprehensibility, or through harmonious platitude, or through versatile boredom, or through constant striving after the absolute.

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

We should never invoke the spirit of antiquity as our authority. Spirits are peculiar things; they cannot be grasped with the hands and be held up before others. Spirits reveal themselves only to spirits. The most direct and concise method would be, in this case as well, to prove the possession of the only redeeming faith by good works.