Shackled heart, free spirit.--Whoever binds his heart tightly and imprisons it may indulge his spirit in many liberties: I have already said that once. But no one believes me unless he already knows.

I love him who desireth not too many virtues. One virtue is more of a virtue than two, because it is more of a knot for one's destiny to cling to.

Is it not better to fall into the hands of a murderer, than into the dreams of a lustful woman?

The Gay Science, section 108

The poet presents his thoughts festively, on the carriage of rhythm: usually because they could not walk.

That God became man indicates only this: that man should not seek his salvation in eternity, but rather establish his heaven on earth.

Through searching out origins, one becomes a crab. The historian looks backwards, and finally he also believes backwards.