The History Of Imitation Of The Older

German Writings Attain Popularity Through A Great Name, Or Through Personalities, Or Through Good Connections, Or Through Effort,or Through Moderate Immorality, Or Through Accomplished Incomprehensibility, Or Through Harmonious Platitude, Or Through Versatile Boredom, Or Through Constant Striving After The Absolute.

There Is No Self-knowledge Except Historical Self-knowledge. No One Knows What He Is If He Doesn't Know What His Contemporaries Are.

Without Poetry, Religion Becomes Obscure, False, And Malignant; Without Philosophy, Licentious In All Wantonness, And Lascivious To The Point Of Self-castration.

Imagination Must First Be Filled To The Point Of Saturation With Life Of Every Kind Before The Moment Arrives When The Friction Of Free Sociability Electrifies It To Such An Extent That The Most Gentle Stimulus Of Friendly Or Hostile Contact Elicits From It Lightning Sparks, Luminous Flashes, Or Shattering Blows.

Virtue Is Reason Which Has Become Energy.