Here the spirit becomes a lion who would conquer his freedom and be master… Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and go? ‘Thou shalt’ is the name of the great dragon. But the spirit of the lion says, ‘I will.

Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise.

Yet for all that, there is nothing in me of a founder of a religion--religions are affairs of the rabble; I find it necessary to wash my hands after I have come into contact with religious people.

The small force that it takes to launch a boat into the stream should not be confused with the force of the stream that carries it along: but this confusion appears in nearly all biographies.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

The apprentice and the master love the master in different ways.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.