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.

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

The dyed-in-the-wool teacher takes everything seriously only with respect to his students--himself included.

To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields.

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Whoever thought that he had understood something of me had merely construed something out of me, after his own image.