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.

It is only those who know how to feel that "this is not good" who devise improvements.

Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.

When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.

The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.