The so called unconscious inferences can be traced back to the all-preserving memory, which presents us with parallel experiences and hence already knows the consequences of an action. It is not anticipation of the effects; rather, it is the feeling: identical causes, identical effects . . .

One hears - one does not seek; one takes - one does not ask who gives.

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.

The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction

You have not yet suffered enough! For you suffer only from yourselves, you have not yet suffered from man.

The person lives most beautifully who does not reflect upon existence