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.".

Time flies apace-we would fain believe that everything flies forward with it.

Happiness is a fata morgana. the only way to not end up unhappy is to not long for happiness.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

The Superman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: The Superman shall be the meaning of the earth!

I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.

One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.