From people who merely pray we must become people who bless.

On the tree, Future, we build our nest; and in our solitude eagles shall bring us nourishment in their beaks!

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

One who is unassuming in dealing with people exhibits his arrogance all the more strongly in dealing with things (city, state, society, age, mankind). That is his revenge.

The world is a work of art that gives birth to itself.

Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest.

The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race can no more be exterminated than the flea can be. The last man lives the longest.