In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.

There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for all disqualified for being a disciple of knowledge.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

All rejection and negation indicates a deficiency in fertility: fundamentally, if only we were good plowland we would allow nothing to go unused, and in every thing, event, and person we would welcome manure, rain, or sunshine.

In a friend one should have ones best enemy. You should be closest to him with your heart when you resist him.

We have no dreams at all or interesting ones. We should learn to be awake the same way- not at all or in an interesting manner

Most people are too stupid to act in their own interest