"Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin."

"All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be."

"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."

"The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly."

"The beauty of the unknown is that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"To love truly means recognizing that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness poverty and wealth have both failed."

"People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now."