“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.”
“Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.”
“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.”
“Man is the cruelest animal.”
“Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.”
“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth”
“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
“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 is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
“You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame, how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”
“Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.”
“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.”
“One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too”
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them”
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist”
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”
“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.”
“It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.”
“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.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness”
“When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you.”
“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.”
“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”
“The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.”
“The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.”
“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.”
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”