And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?'' |
And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it! |
And so while dreams are the individual man's play with reality, the sculptor's art is (in a broader sense) the play with dreams. |
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. |
Any explanation is better than none. The markets went up because oil went down. |
Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is. |
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. |
Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence |
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. |
Art is the highest task and proper metaphysical activity of this life. |
Art is the proper task of life. |
Art raises its head where creeds relax |
As regards the celebrated ''struggle for life,'' it seems to me for the present to have been rather asserted than proved. It does occur, but as the exception; the general aspect of life is not hunger and distress, but rather wealth, luxury, even absurd prodigality -- where there is a struggle it is a struggle for power. |
Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man who really cannot count up to three, and who besides, precisely because of his mental incompetence, would not deserve such a punishment as Christianity promises him |
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. |