“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”

I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men.

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

One must learn to love.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.

What does your conscience say? – ‘You should become the person you are.

No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

An unconsidered life is not one worth living.

If I haven’t thought about six impossible things before breakfast, I consider the day wasted.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?

I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

I need silence, and to be alone and to go out, and to save one hour to consider what has happened to my world, what death has done to my world.

Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.