And if ye cannot be saints of knowledge, then, I pray you, be at least its warriors. They are the companions and forerunners of such saintship.

The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony.

Whatever may be your desire to accomplish great deeds, the deep silence of pregnancy never comes to you! The event of the day sweeps you along like straws before the wind whilst ye lie under the illusion that ye are chasing the event,-poor fellows! If a man wishes to act the hero on the stage he must not think of forming part of the chorus; he should not even know how the chorus is made up.

Can an ass be tragic?--To perish under a burden that one can neither bear nor cast off? The case of the philosopher.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

They call you heartless; but you have a heart and I love you for being ashamed to show it.

This demand follows from an insight that I was the first to articulate: that there are no moral facts.