Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him.

You want to make him interested in you? Then pretend to be embarrassed in his presence-

At the bottom of all these noble races the beast of prey, the splendid blond beast, prowling about avidly in search of spoil and victory.

No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.

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