Without the errors which lie in the assumption of morality, man would have remained an animal.

People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light.

The most fatal seductive lie that has yet existed

I have learned to walk: ever since, I let myself run. I have learned to fly: ever since, I do not want to be pushed before moving along.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.

Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.

Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest.