The Growth Of Wisdom May Be Gauged

Modern Science Has As Its Object As Little Pain As Possible, As Long A Life As Possible - Hence A Sort Of Eternal Blessedness, But Of A Very Limited Kind In Comparison With The Promises Of Religion.

Asceticism Is The Right Way Of Thinking For Those Who Have To Extirpate Their Sensual Drives Because They Are Ravening Beasts Of Prey. But Only For Those!

To Escape Boredom, Man Works Either Beyond What His Usual Needs Require, Or Else He Invents Play, That Is, Work That Is Designed To Quiet No Need Other Than That For Working In General.

Arrogance On The Part Of The Meritorious Is Even More Offensive To Us Than The Arrogance Of Those Without Merit: For Merit Itself Is Offensive.

Underneath The Reality In Which We Live And Have Our Being, Another Altogether Different Reality Lies Concealed.