I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.

Whoever turns away from us might not offend us in doing so perhaps, but he certainly offends our followers.

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Ah, there are so many things betwixt heaven and earth of which only the poets have dreamed!

The people we keep standing in the anteroom of our favor either start fermenting or turn sour.

Faith means the will to avoid knowing what is true.