“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”

“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. ”

“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?”

“Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.”

“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”

“Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?”

“Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.”

“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”

“the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls”

“Become who you are!”

“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”