One who dresses in rags that have been washed clean dresses cleanly to be sure, but raggedly nonetheless.

I love those who do not first seek a reason beyond the stars for going down and being sacrifices, but sacrifice themselves to the earth, that the earth of the Superman may hereafter arrive.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Poets and writers who are in love with the superlative all want to do more than they can.

That the world is not the embodiment of an eternal rationality can be conclusively proved by the fact that the piece of the worldthat we know--I mean our human reason--is not so very rational. And if it is not eternally and completely wise and rational, then the rest of the world will not be either; here the conclusion a minori ad majus, a parte ad totum applies, and does so with decisive force.

What do you believe in?--In this, that the weights of all things must be determined anew.

That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.