The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.

I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

Ten times must you laugh during the day, and be cheerful; otherwise your stomach, the father of affliction, will disturb you in the night.