To become the founder of a new religion one must be psychologically infallible in one's knowledge of a certain average type of souls who have not yet recognized that they belong together.

The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

One is not converted to christianity; one must be morbid enough for it.

As a result, nature is something entirely different from what comes to mind when we invoke its name.

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

One should steal only where one cannot rob.