In every philosophical school, three thinkers succeed one another in the following way: the first produces out of himself the sapand seed, the second draws it out into threads and spins a synthetic web, and the third waits in this web for the sacrificial victims that are caught in it--and tries to live off philosophy.
Friedrich NietzscheThere was at all events one advantage in the choice of this day to my birth; my birthday throughout the whole of my childhood was a day of public rejoicing.
Friedrich NietzscheI have learned to walk: ever since, I let myself run. I have learned to fly: ever since, I do not want to be pushed before moving along.
Friedrich NietzscheWe are more pained when one of our friends is guilty of something shameful than when we do it ourselves.
Friedrich NietzscheYouth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be productive in any sense whatsoever.
Friedrich Nietzsche