I want to teach men the sense of their existence, which is the Superman, the lightning out of the dark cloud man.

If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

That is an artist as I would have an artist be, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his art--panemet Circen.

We possess art lest we perish of the truth.

Truth is only an illusion we have forgotten is an illusion.

For the purpose of knowledge we must know how to make use of the inward current which draws us towards a thing, and also of the current which after a time draws us away from it.