“One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.”

“They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!”

“There is no day that one should skipBut one should seize, without distrust,The possible with iron grip”

“One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.”

“Whenever I hear people talking about "liberal ideas," I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.”

“Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words.”

“Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.”