Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is also destined to become a master.

All names of good and evil are images; they do not speak out, they only hint. He is a fool who seeks knowledge from them.

Life is hard to bear: but do not affect to be so delicate! We are all of us fine sumpter asses and assesses.

After Buddha was dead, his shadow was still shown for centuries in a cave.

Assuming that rapture is nature's play with man, the Dionysian artist's creative activity is the play with rapture.

The person lives most beautifully who does not reflect upon existence

The sick are the greatest danger for the healthy; it is not from the strongest that harm comes to the strong, but from the weakest.