In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Verily, I do not like them, the merciful who feel blessed in their pity: they are lacking too much in shame. If I must pity, at least I do not want it known; and if I do pity, it is preferably from a distance.

The strong individual loves the earth so much he lusts for recurrence. He can smile in the face of the most terrible thought: meaningless, aimless existence recurring eternally. The second characteristic of such a man is that he has the strength to recognize - and to live with the recognition - that the world is valueless in itself and that all values are human ones. He creates himself by fashioning his own values; he has the pride to live by the values he wills.

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.

But this word will I say to my enemies: What is all manslaughter in comparison with what you have done to me!

The people we have employed in an undertaking that has turned out badly should be doubly rewarded.