It is pathetic to observe how lowly the motives are that religion, even the highest, attributes to the deity... To be given the best morsel, to be remembered, to be praised, to be obeyed blindly and punctiliously - these have been thought points of honor with the gods.

Beware of long arguments and long beards.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Nietzsche was personally more philosophical than his philosophy. His talk about power, harshness, and superb immorality was the hobby of a harmless young scholar and constitutional invalid.

Tolerated people are never conciliated. They live on, but the aroma of their life is lost.

To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.