Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of all being-good.

Assuming that rapture is nature's play with man, the Dionysian artist's creative activity is the play with rapture.

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.

Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too young—so have patience with it!

The more a person indulges himself the less others are willing to indulge him.

We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water whenwe need to.