Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.

When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits to everything.

To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there.

There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

I have forgotten my umbrella.