I am interested only in the relations of a people to the rearing of the individual man, and among the Greeks the conditions were unusually favourable for the development of the individual; not by any means owing to the goodness of the people, but because of the struggles of their evil instincts.With the help of favourable measures great individuals might be reared who would be both different from and higher than those who heretofore have owed their existence to mere chance. Here we may still be hopeful: in the rearing of exceptional men.

Where the past is venerated the clean and those who clean things up should be kept out. Piety is never happy without a little dust, dirt, and rubbish.

The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.

Spirit is the life that itself cuts into life: with its own torment it increases its own knowledge. Did you already know that?

We seldom break our leg so long as life continues a toilsome upward climb. The danger comes when we begin to take things easily and choose the convenient paths.

The weak and misbegotten shall perish: first principle of our brotherly love. And they shall be given every assistance.

Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking.