Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.
We have art in order not to die of the truth.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.
That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.
All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.
What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.
Invisible threads are the strongest ties.
Stupidity in a woman is unfeminine.
Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.
The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.