It Is Peculiar To Mankind To Transcend

The Surest Method Of Being Incomprehensible Or, Moreover, To Be Misunderstood Is To Use Words In Their Original Sense; Especially Words From The Ancient Languages.

Whoever Has Not Arrived At The Clear Insight That There Might Be Greatness Entirely Outside His Own Sphere For Which He Has No Understanding, Whoever Does Not Have At Least A Dim Inkling In Which Area Of The Human Spirit This Greatness Might Be Situated: He Is Within His Own Sphere Either Without Genius, Or He Has Not Educated Himself Up To The Point Of The Classical Attitude.

If One Writes Or Reads Novels From The Point Of View Of Psychology, It Is Very Inconsistent And Petty To Want To Shy Away From Even The Slowest And Most Detailed Analysis Of The Most Unnatural Lusts, Gruesome Tortures, Shocking Infamy, And Disgusting Sensual Or Spiritual Impotence.

The German National Character Is A Favorite Subject Of Character Experts, Probably Because The Less Mature A Nation, The More She Is An Object Of Criticism And Not Of History.

Laziness Is The One Divine Fragment Of A Godlike Existence Left To Man From Paradise.