The condition that gives birth to a rule is not the same as the condition to which the rule gives birth.

In every ascetic morality man worships a part of himself as God and for that he needs to diabolize the other part.

I know the hatred and envy of your hearts. Ye are not great enough not to know of hatred and envy. Then be great enough not to be ashamed of them!

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.--What was that god thinking who counseled, "Know thyself!" Did he perhaps mean,"Cease to concern yourself! Become objective!"--And Socrates?--And "scientific men"?

As regards the celebrated struggle for life, it seems to me for the present to have been rather asserted than proved. It does occur, but as the exception; the general aspect of life is not hunger and distress, but rather wealth, luxury, even absurd prodigality -- where there is a struggle it is a struggle for power.

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.