The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces.

Women are constituted in such a way that all truth (regarding men, love, children, society, the purpose of life) disgusts them, and in such a way that they try to revenge themselves on anyone who opens their eyes.

What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim.

The elimination of the will altogether and the switching off of the emotions all and sundry, is tantamount to the elimination of reason: intellectual castration.

Modern science has as its object as little pain as possible, as long a life as possible - hence a sort of eternal blessedness, but of a very limited kind in comparison with the promises of religion.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.