People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light.

Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.

Every past is worth condemning.

Their usual mistaken premise is that they affirm some consensus among people, at least among tame peoples, concerning certain moral principles, and then conclude that these principles must be unconditionally binding also for you and me-or conversely, they see that among different peoples moral valuations are necessarily different and infer from this that no morality is binding-both of which are equally childish.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie.