The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.

He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger

Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.

Few serve truth in truth because only few have the pure will to be just, and of those again very few have the strength to be just.

As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies—but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that in them hatred grows to monstrous and uncanny proportions, to the most spiritual and poisonous kind of hatred. The truly great haters in world history have always been priests; likewise the most ingenious haters: other kinds of spirit hardly come into consideration when compared with the spirit of priestly vengefulness.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

You want to make him interested in you? Then pretend to be embarrassed in his presence-