It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.

The word ''Christianity'' is already a misunderstanding -- in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?

So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another.

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.