We fear our neighbor's hostile mood because we are afraid that this mood will lead him to penetrate our secrets.

They're so cold, these scholars! May lightning strike their food so that their mouths learn how to eat fire!

It's not the intensity of the man, but the duration of his intensity that makes the man great.

Error has made man so deep, sensitive, and inventive that he has put forth such blossoms as religions and arts. Pure knowledge could not have been capable of it.

Invisible threads are the strongest ties.

Wherever I found a living creature, there I found the will to power.

To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.