He who strays from the customary becomes a sacrifice to the extraordinary; he who keeps to the customary becomes its slave. He iscondemned to perish in either case.

Too long, the earth has been a madhouse!

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

I wish to be at any time hereafter only a yea-sayer!

Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.

But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain?

I want to teach men the sense of their existence, which is the Superman, the lightning out of the dark cloud man.