Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit.

The weak and misbegotten shall perish: first principle of our brotherly love. And they shall be given every assistance.

Verily, a polluted stream is man. One must actually be a sea to take in a polluted stream without becoming impure. Behold, I teach you the superman: he is the this sea, in him can your great contempt go under.

One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.

The superman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the superman is to be the meaning of the earth! I beseech you, my brothers, be true to the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes! They are poisoners, whether they know it or not.

We seldom break our leg so long as life continues a toilsome upward climb. The danger comes when we begin to take things easily and choose the convenient paths.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.