Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
From Friedrich Nietzsche
There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.
There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.
The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.
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