Your highest thought, however, ye shall have it commanded unto you by me - and it is this: man is something that is to be surpassed.

Pain makes hens and poets cackle.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. That is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses.

I know no other way to associate with great tasks than as play: as a sign of greatness, this is an essential presupposition.

I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but merely say farewell to their own bodies-- and thus become silent.

One who is always deeply involved in what he is doing is above all embarrassment.