It is I, the ungodly Zarathustra, who says:Who is more ungodly than I, that I may rejoice in his teaching?

We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

There was at all events one advantage in the choice of this day to my birth; my birthday throughout the whole of my childhood was a day of public rejoicing.