Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.

Men are not on such intimate terms with the sublime that they really can believe in it

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Truth has always had many loud proclaimers, but the question is whether a person will in the deepest sense acknowledge the truth, allow it to permeate his whole being, accept all its consequences, and not have an emergency hiding place for himself and a Judas kiss for the consequence.

To venture causes anxiety. Not to venture is to lose oneself.

If the ethical - that is, social morality- is the highest ... then no categories are needed other than the Greek philosophical categories.

On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is.