One must separate from anything that forces one to repeat No again and again.

What was a lie in the father becomes a conviction in the son.

You are rewarding a teacher poorly if you remain always a pupil.

Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.

Man is something that shall be overcome.... Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman -- a rope over an abyss... What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.

The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity.

We have no dreams at all or interesting ones. We should learn to be awake the same way- not at all or in an interesting manner