I love him who chasteneth his God, because he loveth his God: for he must succumb through the wrath of his God.

As long as you still experience the stars as something "above you", you lack the eye of knowledge.

Our shortcomings are the eyes with which we see the ideal.

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

The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make this transition, art is far rather to be employed to relieve the mind overburdened with emotions. Out of the illogical comes much good. It is so firmly rooted in the passions, in language, in art, in religion, and generally in everything which gives value to life. It is only the naive people who can believe that the nature of man can be changed into a purely logical one. We have yet to learn that others can suffer, and this can never be completely learned.

If you are considering marriage, ask yourself one question: Will I still enjoy talking with her when I'm old?

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.