In music the passions enjoy themselves.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epoch, it is the rule.
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.
Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'ego'.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.