Nothing ever succeeds which exuberant spirits have not helped to produce.

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.

They call you heartless; but you have a heart and I love you for being ashamed to show it.

Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.

I could dispense with nothing when I created the superman. His seed still carries all your evil and falsehood, your lies and yourignorance.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

Creating-that is the great salvation from suffering, and life's alleviation. But for the creator to appear, suffering itself is needed, and much transformation.