“Pity, however, is the deepest abyss: as deeply as man looks into life, so deeply does he look also into suffering.”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“To be truthful – few can do it! And those who can, will not! Least of all, however, can the good be truthful.”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“You should have enemies whom you hate but not enemies whom you despise: you must be proud of your enemy”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“He who praises appears to be giving back, in truth however he wants to be given more!”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“For one person, solitude is the escape of an invalid; for another, solitude is escape from the invalids.”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“For all his possessions are well concealed from the possessor; and of all treasure pits, one’s own is the last to be digged”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“‘This – is now my way: where is yours?’ Thus I answered those who asked me ‘the way’. For the way – does not exist!”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“He who cannot command himself should obey. And many a one can command himself but be very remiss in obeying what he commands!”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“He possesses heart who knows fear but masters fear; who sees the abyss, but sees it with pride.”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“He who cannot lie does not know what truth is.”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“When the Devil casts his skin does his name not also fall away? For that too is a skin. The Devil himself is perhaps – a skin.”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“Sometimes I intended to lie, and behold! only then did I hit – the truth.”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“If you want to rise high, use your own legs! Do not let yourselves be carried up, do not sit on the backs and heads of strangers!”

- Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“One who reaches his ideal has by so doing gone beyond it.”

- Beyond Good and Evil

“‘Thy neighbour is not your neighbour, but your neighbour’s neighbour’ - as every people tells itself.”

- Beyond Good and Evil

“Love exposes the great and hidden qualities in the lover - what is rare and exceptional about him: to that extent it easily conceals what is ordinary.”

- Beyond Good and Evil

“Praise is more intrusive than blame.”

- Beyond Good and Evil

“Being ashamed of our immorality: that is one step on the ladder that leads to being also ashamed of our morality.”

- Beyond Good and Evil

“If a person has character, he also has his typical experience that happens again and again.”

- Beyond Good and Evil

“Some peacocks hide their peacock’s tail from every eye - and call that pride.”

- Beyond Good and Evil

“As long as you still feel the stars as something ‘above you’, you have not yet acquired the gaze of a man of deep understanding.”

- Beyond Good and Evil