a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something

Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.

The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.

When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to horrify him. So long as a man is not horrified at himself he knows nothing about himself.

There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.

If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no fire. But if, for the sake of attaining a definite aim, he struggles with desires that hinder him, he will then create a fire which will gradually transform his inner world into a single whole.

Most people can accept the truth only in the form of a lie.