The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men---as well as his great moments of grand harmony---a rare accident even in us! A sort of planetary motion---

However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

I wish to be at any time hereafter only a yea-sayer!

On the rare occasions when our dreams succeed and achieve perfection - most dreams are bungled - the are symbolic chains of scene and images in place of a narrative poetic language; they circumscribe our experiences or expectations or situations with such poetic boldness and decisiveness that in the morning we are always amazed when we remember our dreams.

Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.

Thus the will to power strives towards oppositions, towards displeasure. There is a will to suffering at the foundation of all organic life (contrary to "happiness" as "goal").