Religion ist nichts anderes als die Lehre davon, wie man frei von Erkenntnis gehorcht [...].

Alle Wege führen zur Erkenntnis der Nichtigkeit aller Dinge, aber keiner führt zurück.

He thinks and speaks with a ruthlessness that makes no attempt to find dialectical excuses for the eternal uncertainty of humankind. Anyone who claims that truth is dependent on usefulness, anyone who openly admits that knowing and believing are essentially the same for limited beings such as humans, is clearly a nihilist in a class of his own.

truth is subjective, even in a court of law. Knowing and believing are remarkably similar — if not, in fact, the same.