A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal.

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to speak out the most hidden and intimate things.

The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he built and which are then often used again for better building: in the fact, that is to say, that building can be destroyed and nonetheless possess value as material.

This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls - I have letters to make even the blind see