Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.

Only idiots fail to contradict themselves three times a day.

Only he who is man enough will release the woman in woman.

Invisible threads are the strongest ties.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.

One must learn to love oneself with a wholesome and healthy love, so that one can bear to be with oneself and need not roam.

Every profound spirit needs a mask.

the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?

If the all powerful god controls satan he is an accomplice, and if he doesn't, he is not an all powerful god.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical.

What is wrong with Christianity is that it refrains from doing all those things that Christ commanded should be done.

Creating-that is the great salvation from suffering.

The real world is much smaller than the imaginary

Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth?

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

Sit as little as possible. Give no credence to any thought that was not born outdoors while moving about freely.