"I consist of body and soul - in the worlds of a child. And why shouldn't we speak like children? But the enlightened, the knowledgealbe would say: I am body through and through, nothing more; and the soul is just a word for something on the body."
"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."
"Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them."
"You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light."
"Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity."
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."