Was aus Liebe getan wird, geschieht immer jenseits von Gut und Böse. (What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.)

The form of a work of art, which gives speech to their thoughts and is, therefore, their mode of talking, is always somewhat uncertain, like all kinds of speech.

Be your self! All you are now doing, thinking, desiring, is not you yourself.

The highest type of free men should be sought where the highest resistance is constantly overcome: five steps from tyranny, close to the threshold of the danger of servitude.

When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.

You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.