Sharp and mild, dull and keen, well known and strange, dirty and clean, where both the fool and wise are seen: All this am I, have ever been, - in me dove, snake and swine convene!

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Linguistic danger to spiritual freedom.- Every word is a prejudice.

One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed.

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

You highest men whom I have ever seen! This is my suspicion about you and my secret laughter: I guess that you would call my superman--a devil!

And so, onwards... along a path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence.. however you may be, be your own source of experience. Throw off your discontent about your nature. Forgive yourself your own self. You have it in your power to merge everything you have lived through- false starts, errors, delusions, passions, your loves and your hopes- into your goal, with nothing left over.