One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.

One is not converted to christianity; one must be morbid enough for it.

I love him who laboureth and inventeth, that he may build the house for the Superman, and prepare for him earth, animal, and plant: for thus seeketh he his own down-going.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap

Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly.

His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in.