At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Nothing is more easily corrupted than an artist.

Art is mightier than knowledge, for it wants life, and knowledge attains as its ultimate end only—annihilation.

For fanaticism is the only form of willpower that even the weak and insecure can be brought to attain.