Man's task is simple. He should cease letting his existence be a thoughtless accident.

Most thinkers write badly, because they communicate not only their thoughts, but also the thinking of them.

Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman — a rope over an abyss.

Every characteristic absence of spirituality, every piece of common vulgarity, is due to an inability to resist a stimulus - you have to react, you follow every impulse.

Beware of spitting against the wind!

To have and to want more that is life.

The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.