But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods.

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?

The real question is: How much truth can I stand?

Not joy is the mother of dissipation, but joylessness.

Heraclitus was an opponent of all democratic parties.

Better know nothing than half-know many things.

To get into just those situations where sham virtues will not suffice, but rather where, as with the ropedancer on his rope, one either falls or stands--or gets down.