The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.
Ludwig FeuerbachIt is as clear as the sun and as evident as the day that there is no God and that there can be none.
Ludwig FeuerbachI would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.
Ludwig FeuerbachWhat else is the power of melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of feeling; melody is audible feeling - feeling communicating itself.
Ludwig Feuerbach