Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father.

O my brothers, am I then cruel? But I say: that which is falling should also be pushed!

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

When, however, you have an enemy, then do not requite him good for evil: for that would shame him. Instead, prove that he did some good for you. And rather be angry than put to shame! And when you are cursed, I do not like it that you want to bless. Rather curse a little also! And if you are done a great injustice, then quickly add five small ones. Hideous to behold is he who is obsessed with an injustice.

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.

The genius-in work and in deed-is necessarily a squanderer: the fact that he spends himself constitutes his greatness.

"Belief in the truth commences with the doubting of all those "truths" we once believed."