Completely true to nature!' - what a lie: / How could nature ever be constrained into a picture? / The smallest bit of nature is infinite! / And so he paints what he likes about it. / And what does he like? He likes what he can paint!

Man is more sensitive to the contempt that others feel towards him than to the contempt that he feels towards himself.

And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

The value of a man can only be measured with regard to other men.

I love him who liveth in order to know, and seeketh to know in order that the Superman may hereafter live. Thus seeketh he his own down-going.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.