Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

When we have a great goal we are superior even to justice, not merely to our deeds and our judges.

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but merely say farewell to their own bodies-- and thus become silent.

To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a link in a chain.