Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned.

Your highest thought, however, ye shall have it commanded unto you by me - and it is this: man is something that is to be surpassed.

Willing sets you free: that is the true doctrine of will and freedom--thus Zarathustra instructs you.

We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint.

One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.