The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue.

Christianity is Platonism for the people.

To the good warrior soundeth "thou shalt" pleasanter than "I will." And all that is dear unto you, ye shall first have it commanded unto you.

To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.

Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking.

Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for themselves, and poppy-head virtues to promote it! To all those be-lauded sages of the academic chairs, wisdom was sleep Without dreams: they knew no higher significance of life. Even at present, to be sure, there are some like this preacher of virtue, and not always so honorable: but their time is past. And not much longer do they stand: there they already lie. Blessed are those drowsy ones: for they shall soon nod to sleep.-Thus spoke Zarathustra.

In short, then, the religious cult is based upon the representations of sorcery between man and man, and the sorcerer is older than the priest.