The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world.

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.

Subordination to morality can be slavish or vain or self- interested or resigned or gloomily enthusiastic or thoughtless or an act of despair, just as subordination to a prince can be: in itself it is nothing moral.

But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods.

One must not let oneself be misled: they say 'Judge not!' but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

To produce music is also in a sense to produce children.