The Obsession With Moderation Is The Spirit

Whoever Could Properly Characterize Goethe's Meister Would Have Actually Expressed What Is The Timely Trend In Literature. He Would Be Able, As Far As Literary Criticism Is Concerned, To Rest.

Religion Is Usually Nothing But A Supplement To Or Even A Substitute For Education, And Nothing Is Religious In The Strict Sense Which Is Not A Product Of Freedom. Thus One Can Say: The Freer, The More Religious; And The More Education, The Less Religion.

It Is Peculiar To Mankind To Transcend Mankind.

Mysteries Are Feminine; They Like To Veil Themselves But Still Want To Be Seen And Divined.

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.