Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.

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

The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

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

Books that teach us to dance: There are writers who, by portraying the impossible as possible, and by speaking of morality and genius as if both were high-spirited freedom, as if man were rising up on tiptoe and simply had to dance out of inner pleasure.

It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.