Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is the good will to self-destruction.
In the dark, time feels different than when it is light.
One who has a why can endure anyhow.
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.
Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom.
Such men alone are my readers, my proper readers, my preordained readers. Of what account are the rest? The rest are simply... humanity. One must be superior to humanity in power, in loftiness of soul- in contempt.