To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.

Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

It is not when it is dangerous to tell the truth that its advocates are hardest to find, but when it is boring.

Learning from one's enemies is the best way to love them, for it puts one into a grateful mood toward them.

A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.

A light has dawned for me: I need companions, living ones, not dead companions and corpses which I carry with me wherever I wish. But I need living companions who follow me because they want to follow themselves- and who want to go where I want to go.