Many are obstinate with regard to the pathway once they have set upon it, few with regard to the goal.

There would be no sunshine in society if the born flatterers, I mean the so-called amiable people, did not bring it in with them.

To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a link in a chain.

Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

Man is something that shall be overcome.... Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman -- a rope over an abyss... What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?