"My life is an inexplicable contradiction. I am one who has been made to smile by the thought of hanging myself."

"The difference between the aesthetic and the ethical is that the aesthetic is immediate, while the ethical is a choice."

"Only the truth that edifies is truth for you."

"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the worl…"

"The aesthetic is the immediate, the ethical is the choice, the religious is the infinite passion of inwardness."