Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: with a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

"Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species."

"Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into the water."