"The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others."

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

"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

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

"A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us."

"Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar."

"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands."

"Stupidity in a woman is unfeminine."

"The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters."

"Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."

"Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life."

"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."

"Invisible threads are the strongest ties."

"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you."

"What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'."

"There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings."

"Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become "poisonous"."

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent."

"All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down."

"That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil."

"You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?"

"All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."

"One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too."