The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, as instinct.
Friedrich NietzscheThe machine is impersonal, it takes the pride away from a piece of work, the individual merits and defects that go along with allwork that is not done by a machine--which is to say, its little bit of humanity.
Friedrich NietzscheA subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.
Friedrich NietzscheWhen a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality.
Friedrich Nietzsche