People Press Toward The Light Not In

The Moment Germany Rises As A Great Power, France Gains A New Importance As A Cultural Power.

The Desire For A Strong Faith Is Not The Proof Of A Strong Faith, Rather The Opposite. If One Has It One May Permit Oneself The Beautiful Luxury Of Skepticism: One Is Secure Enough, Fixed Enough For It.

To Get Into Just Those Situations Where Sham Virtues Will Not Suffice, But Rather Where, As With The Ropedancer On His Rope, One Either Falls Or Stands--or Gets Down.

To Live Alone One Must Be A Beast Or A God, Says Aristotle. Leaving Out The Third Case: One Must Be Both - A Philosopher.

Ye Are Ugly? Well Then, My Brethren, Take The Sublime About You, The Mantle Of The Ugly!