The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery.

It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion.

It's not given to people to judge what's right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.

One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Whenever my life came to a halt, the questions would arise: Why? And what next?

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.