The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, the sharpening of the sense of cunning, the mastery of the desires; so it is that punishment tames man, but does not make him "better.".

The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but that neither senses the irony.

How good music and bad reasons sound when one marches against an enemy.

Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the kernel is to exist or not; in which, accordingly, the stunted, diseased and dull witted jailer is lord, and indicates the moment at which his distinguished prisoner shall die.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.

Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question "why" is lacking. What does nihilism mean?--that the supreme values devaluate themselves.