Willing sets you free: that is the true doctrine of will and freedom--thus Zarathustra instructs you.

We criticize a man or a book most sharply when we sketch out their ideal.

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite.

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.

Spirit is the life that itself cuts into life: with its own torment it increases its own knowledge. Did you already know that?

I see many soldiers; could I but see many warriors! "Uniform" one calleth what they wear; may it not be uniform what they therewith hide!

I am really very, very tired of everything - more than tired.