One should part from life as Ulysses parted from Nausicaa-- blessing it rather than in love with it.

I obviously do everything to be "hard to understand" myself

The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have 'improved.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.

One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.

A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience.

Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.

The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play

A soul that knows it is loved but does not itself love betrays its sediment: what is at bottom comes up."―Epigrams and Interludes, Section 79

When we have to change an opinion about any one, we charge heavily to his account the inconvenience he thereby causes us.

Spirituality exist in testing and experiencing the depth of inner peace consistently.

Art, and sadness, which last forever.

Yo Mama’s so ugly, her Mama had to tie a steak around her neck to get the dogs to play with her.

There are no coincidences. The universe works in its own way to join those of us who need to be connected.

I'm not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don't give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

The main thing is to not cut yourself and bleed to death in the tub.

I went with an exorcist for a bit. I just want to know really practical things, like how do you hold someone possessed by the devil.

Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.