The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Whether in conversation we generally agree or disagree with others is largely a matter of habit: the one tendency makes as much sense as the other.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

You must be born for your physician, otherwise you are bound to perish because of your physician.

Underneath the reality in which we live and have our being, another altogether different reality lies concealed.

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

How little is required for pleasure! The sound of a bagpipe - without music, life would be an error.