It has therewith come to be recognized that the history of moral valuations is at the same time the history of an error, the error of responsibility, which is based upon the error of the freedom of will.

There are few pains so grievous as to have seen, divined, or experienced how an exceptional man has missed his way and deteriorated

Liberalism is the transformation of mankind into cattle.

I have forgotten my umbrella.

Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement.

Every tradition grows continually more venerable, and the more remote its origins, the more this is lost sight of. The veneration paid the tradition accumulates from generation to generation, until it at last becomes holy and excites awe.

Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches.