Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir! Loosely translated: It is heavenly, when I overcome My earthly desires But nevertheless, when I'm not successful, It can also be quite pleasurable.

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

Am I mad, to see what others do not see, or are they mad who are responsible for all that I am seeing?

Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid

Here I am alive, and it's not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it.