As much as possible, and this as quickly as possible: that is what the great mental and emotional illness craves that is variously called "present" or "culture," but that is actually a symptom of consumption.

You say that I should be your teacher! See to it that I am your pinion and not your brake.

Man, a hybrid of plant and ghost.

Whoever has really sacrificed anything, knows that he wanted and got something in return.

Annoyance is a physical malady that is in no way cured just because the annoying situation that causes it is eliminated.

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.