“It is not their love for men, rather it is the impotence of their love that hinders Christians of today from burning us.”

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

“Do I advise you to love thy neighbor? I suggest rather to escape from thy neighbor and to love those who are the farthest away from you. Higher than the love for thy neighbor is the love for the man who is distant and has still to come.”

“The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.”

“I love all those who are heavy drops falling from the dark cloud that hangs over men: they herald the advent of lightning, and, as heralds, they perish.”

“Our age knows better.... What was formerly merely sickly now becomes indecent—it is indecent to be a Christian today.”

“Not necessity, not desire- no, the love of power isthe demon of men.”