Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
- Otto Weininger
Burn, Like, About, Flames
The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
- Otto Weininger
Sky, No Sense, Signify, Fixed
The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius.
- Otto Weininger
Genius, Longer, Which, Runs
Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.
- Otto Weininger
Problem, Atonement, Eternal, Realisation
No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.
- Otto Weininger
Thought, Think, About, Opinion
Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
- Otto Weininger
Fate, How, Things, Determines
All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
- Otto Weininger
Chaos, Genius, Conquering, Mystery
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