My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be other than it is, not in the future, not in the past, not in all eternity.

Those you cannot teach to fly, teach to fall faster.

Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.

In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.

Lightning and thunder need time, the light of the stars needs time, deeds need time, even after they are done, to be seen and heard.

Against boredom even gods struggle in vain.