"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed."

"What is freedom? The will to be responsible for oneself. To hold oneself to the strictest standard, to be able to overcome shame, to be able to say no to one's desires."

"The visionary is a realist in disguise."

"Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous."

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."