The Christian church has left nothing untouched by its depravity; it has turned every value into worthlessness, and every truth into a lie

Not joy is the mother of dissipation, but joylessness.

In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.

That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

He who is dissatisfied with himself is continually ready for revenge and we others will be his victims, if only in having always to endure his ugly sight. For the sight of the ugly makes one bad and gloomy.

Man is something to be surpassed.