Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, "know thyself," but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.

Pardon me, my friends, I have ventured to paint my happiness on the wall.

Whoever possesses the will to suffering within himself has a different attitude towards cruelty: he does not regard it as inherently harmful and bad.

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.

Whoever turns away from us might not offend us in doing so perhaps, but he certainly offends our followers.

Some men have sighed over the abduction of their wives, but many more have sighed because no one wanted to abduct theirs.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.