A woman does not want the truth; what is truth to women? From the beginning, nothing has been more alien, repugnant, and hostile to woman than the truth - her great art is the lie, her highest concern is mere appearance and beauty.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

Principle of "Christian love": it insists upon being well paid in the end.

Whoever knows he is deep tries to be clear, but whoever wants to seem deep to the crowd tries to be obscure. For the crowd supposes that anything it cannot see to the bottom must be deep: it is so timid and goes so unwillingly into the water.

Where is the lightning to lick you with its tongue? Where is the madness with which you should be cleansed? Behold, I show you the Superman. He is this lightning, he is this madness.

You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.

All names of good and evil are images; they do not speak out, they only hint. He is a fool who seeks knowledge from them.