In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought.

Truth as Circe. - Error has transformed animals into men; is truth perhaps capable of changing man back into an animal?

Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.

When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous.

My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it—all idealism is mendaciousness in the face of what is necessary—but love it

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

I could only believe in a God who could dance... And now a God dances through me.