"Untroubled, scornful, outrageous – that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior."

"The greatest event of recent times — that 'God is dead,' that the belief in the Christian God has become unbelievable — is already beginning to cast its first shadows over Europe."

"Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier, and simpler."

"To forget one's purpose is the commonest of all forms of stupidity."

"Whatever is profound loves masks."