“Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.”
“When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you.”
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
“The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”
“There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.”
“Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.”
“Man is the cruelest animal.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness”
“You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame, how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”
“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.”
“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist”
“It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.”
“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.”
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
“When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.”
“One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too”
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”
“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”
“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth”
“The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.”
“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
“Tis senseless to the highest degree to think of establishing an alliance among those that nature her self has divided, by an inconciliable disagreement. Beside, that a foolish peace is much more destructive than a bloody war”
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”
“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them”
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself”
“Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.”