There is always some madness in love. But there is also alwa... - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."

"The tragedy is that we cannot believe the dogmas of religion and metaphysics if we have the strict methods of truth in heart and head, but on the other hand, we have become through the development of humanity so tenderly suffering that we need the highest kind of means of salvation and consolation: whence arises the danger that man may bleed to death through the truth that he realises."

"All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity."

"Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it."

"The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak."