“Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.”

“In truth, nothing could be more opposed to the purely aesthetic interpretation and justification of the world which are taught in this book than the Christian teaching, which is, and wants to be, only moral and which relegates art, every art, to the realm of lies; with its absolute standards, beginning with the truthfulness of God, it negates, judges, and damns art.”

“Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes.”

“...inability to lie is still far from being love to truth. Be on your guard! ... He who cannot lie, doth not know what truth is.”

“All truth is simple ... is that not doubly a lie?”

“What is the truth, but a lie agreed upon.”

“He who does not lie does not know what truth is.”