"What does Europe owe to the Jews? Many things both good and bad, and one thing above all, at once the best and the worst: the grand moral style, the horror and the majesty of everlasting demands, ever…"

"One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired."

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."

"Every talent must be paid for. One pays for it always, whether one has it or not, with a long and painful struggle."

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?"