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

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

Every true faith is infallible. It performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for the establishing of an objective truth. Here the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, have faith. If you want to be a disciple of truth, then search.

In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man.

A person must have a good memory to keep the promises he has made. A person must have a strong imagination to be able to have pity. So closely is morality tied to the quality of the intellect.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice.