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.

Yet where is your inner value when you no longer know what it is to breathe freely; when you no longer have freedom over your own selves

When gods die, they always die many sorts of death.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

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

How do you expect to learn to dance when you have not even learned to walk! And above the dancer is still the flyer and his bliss.

After Buddha was dead, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave.