Man is something to be surpassed.

Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful.

Philosophers are in the habit of setting themselves before life and experience.

Priests ... these turkey-cocks of God.

In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.

I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not to see something as one sees it... The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself; lying to others is relatively the exception.

Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.