That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

What is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored.

The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power.

If you know the why, you can live any how.

Man is the only animal that must be encouraged to live.

Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like.

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.

I and me are always too deeply in conversation.

Become who you are. Make what only you can make.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

There's no defense against stupidity.

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.

The real question is: How much truth can I stand?

I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.

We have art so that we shall not die of reality.