Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.

Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego.

Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no more than corpses.

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality, they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above, separated by an abyss, is the level where the highest things are achieved. These things are essentially anonymous.