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.

We are praised or blamed, as the one or the other may be expedient, for displaying to advantage our power of discernment.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here?

What I really want from Music: That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon in October.

Everyone carries within himself an image of womanliness derived from his mother: it is this that determines whether, on the whole,he will revere women, or despise them, or remain generally indifferent to them.

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.