Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

I awoke you from your sleep because I saw that you were having a nightmare. And now you are cross and say to me: "What are we supposed to do now? Everything is still night!" You ingrates! You should go to sleep again and dream better.

Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for themselves, and poppy-head virtues to promote it! To all those be-lauded sages of the academic chairs, wisdom was sleep Without dreams: they knew no higher significance of life. Even at present, to be sure, there are some like this preacher of virtue, and not always so honorable: but their time is past. And not much longer do they stand: there they already lie. Blessed are those drowsy ones: for they shall soon nod to sleep.-Thus spoke Zarathustra.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man.

Through searching out origins, one becomes a crab. The historian looks backwards, and finally he also believes backwards.