All isolation is wrong so say the herd. And long didst thou belong to the herd.

When Zarathustra was alone . . . he said to his heart: "Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!"

He who knows not how to plant his will in things at least endows them with some meaning: that is to say, he believes that a will is already present in them (A principle of faith.)

Heavy, heavy-hearted people grow lighter and rise occasionally to their surface through precisely that which makes others heavier,through hatred and love.

They call you heartless; but you have a heart and I love you for being ashamed to show it.

I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all.

That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.