Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Every master has but one disciple, and that one becomes unfaithful to him, for he too is destined for master-ship.

If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy.

Improvements are invented only by those who can feel that something is not good.

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Life without music is only error, exhaustion, exile... Indeed, there is nothing that concerns me more than the fate of music.