That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind.

Even today a crude sort of persecution is all that is required to create an honorable name for any sect, no matter how indifferent in itself.

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!

What was formerly merely sickly now becomes indecent : it is indecent to be a Christian today.

"State," I call it, where they all drink poison, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all lose themselves, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all call their slow suicide-"life."

Every word has its fragrance: there is a harmony and a disharmony of fragrances, and hence of words.

But like infection is the petty thought: it creeps and hides, and wants to be nowhere--until the whole body is decayed and withered by the petty infection... Thus spoke Zarathustra.