I do not mean to moralise but to those who do, I would give this advice : if you mean ultimately to deprive the best things and states of all all honour and worth then continue to talk about them as you have been doing!

The reasons for which 'this' world has been characterized as 'apparent' are the very reasons which indicate its reality; any other kind of reality is absolutely indemonstrable.

whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even hates image and parable.

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs

I looked for great men, but all I found were the apes of their ideals.

Do you want to have an easy life? Then always stay with the herd and lose yourself in the herd.

The Gay Science, section 108