Whoever no longer finds greatness in God no longer finds it anywhere--he must either deny it or create it.

For the longest time, marriage has had a guilty conscience about itself. Should we believe it?--Yes, we should believe it.

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also as a weapon; women at once make it into an ornament.

Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile.

Man is very well defended against himself... The actual fortress is inaccessible, even invisible to him, unless his friends and enemies play the traitor and conduct him in by a secret path.

And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.

Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question "why" is lacking. What does nihilism mean?--that the supreme values devaluate themselves.