“There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.”
Religion“There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.”
God“There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.”
Religion“Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.”
Food“In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.”
Best“Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.”
Women“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.”
Power“Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.”
Good“All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?”
Truth“The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.”
Art“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”
Art“A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.”
Love“I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.”
Power“Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”
Alone“If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.”
Forgiveness“Faith: not wanting to know what is true.”
Faith“Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?”
Life“Success has always been a great liar.”
Great“Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.”
Art“The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”
Best“Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.”
Men“Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.”
Art