Life is at an end where the kingdom of God begins

For this remains as I have already pointed out the essential difference between the two religions of decadence : Buddhism promises nothing, but actually fulfils; Christianity promises everything, but fulfils nothing.

Do ask yourself why you, the individual, exist, and if you can get no other answer try for once to justify the meaning of your existence as it were a posteriori by setting before yourself an aim, a goal, a 'to this end', an exalted and noble 'to this end'.

In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose.

We criticize a man or a book most sharply when we sketch out their ideal.

We cannot live without valuing: but we can live without valuing what you value.

A lack of the historical sense is the hereditary fault of all philosophers.