Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to act with greater calmness than his tempestuous desires prior to the deed would lead one to expect.
Friedrich NietzscheCharacter is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
Friedrich NietzscheIn the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.
Friedrich NietzscheGood deeds shun the light as anxiously as evil deeds: the latter fear that disclosure will bring on pain (as punishment), while the former fear that disclosure will take away pleasure (that pure pleasure, that pleasure per se, which immediately ceases once the vanity's satisfaction is added).
Friedrich Nietzsche