Moral Contempt Is A Far Greater Indignity

I Can Tell By My Own Reaction To It That This Book Is Harmful." But Let Him Only Wait And Perhaps One Day He Will Admit To Himself That This Same Book Has Done Him A Great Service By Bringing Out The Hidden Sickness Of His Heart And Making It Visible.— Altered Opinions Do Not Alter A Man’s Character (or Do So Very Little); But They Do Illuminate Individual Aspects Of The Constellation Of His Personality Which With A Different Constellation Of Opinions Had Hitherto Remained Dark And Unrecognizable.

Today As Always, Men Fall Into Two Groups: Slaves And Free Men. Whoever Does Not Have Two-thirds Of His Day For Himself, Is A Slave, Whatever He May Be: A Statesman, A Businessman, An Official, Or A Scholar.

Behind A Remarkable Scholar We Not Infrequently Find An Average Human Being, And Behind An Average Artist We Often Find A Very Remarkable Human Being.

The Great Works Are Produced In Such An Ecstasy Of Love That They Must Always Be Unworthy Of It, However Great Their Worth Otherwise.

All Truths Are Bloody Truths To Me.