My power is my property. My power gives me property. My power am I myself, and through it am I my property.

Nothing is more to me than myself.

The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human, not the true, good, just, free, etc., but solely what is mine, and it is not a general one, but is -- unique, as I am unique. Nothing is more to me than myself!

The people’s good fortune is my misfortune!

He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.

Liberty of the people is not my liberty!

Religion itself is without genius. There is no religious genius and no one would be permitted to distinguish between the talented and the untalented in religion.