If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants

Buddhism is a hundred times as realistic as Christianity it is part of its living heritage that it is able to face problems objectively and coolly; it is the product of long centuries of philosophical speculation.

Not doubt, certainty is what drives one insane.

My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.

Dead are all gods: now we want the overman to live.

There did he sit shrivelled in his chimney corner, fretting on account of his weak legs, world weary, will weary, and one day he suffocated through his excessive pity.

The melancholia of everything completed!