Away from God and gods did this will lure me: what would there be to create if gods existed?

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.

A degree of culture, and assuredly a very high one, is attained when man rises above superstitions and religious notions and fears, and, for instance, no longer believes in guardian angels or in original sin, and has also ceased to talk of the salvation of his soul.

The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

Probability but no truth, facility but no freedom--it is owing to these two fruits that the tree of knowledge cannot be confused with the tree of life.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.