He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the face of the earth - and not even as a traveler towards a final goal, for there is no such thing. But he certainly wants to observe and keep his eyes open to whatever actually happens in the world; therefore he cannot attach his heart too firmly to anything individual; he must have in himself something wandering that takes pleasure in change and transitoriness.

A certain sense of cruelty towards oneself and others is Christian; hatred of those who think differently; the will to persecute. Mortal hostility against the masters of the earth, against the 'noble', that is also Christian; hatred of mind, of pride, courage, freedom, libertinage of mind, is Christian; hatred of the senses, of joy in general, is Christian.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

Inaction, letting be, neither creating nor destroying--that is my evil. And also the knower as one without desire.

Your educators can only be your liberators.