Thus Spoke Zarathustra

"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."

"What is the prisoner's deepest thought?—'Freedom!'"

"I would that ye were to me as is the wind when it swelleth over the sea."

"How should there be eternal life for that which is not eternal!"

"I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses."

"Verily, the earth shall yet become a site of recovery! And even now a new odour floateth thither from the new land."

"There are many things which the multitude hath declared accursed and abominable."

"One repayeth a teacher badly if one always remaineth merely a scholar."

"The most silent word is called discretion; and the most silent deed is called discretion."

"I teach you not the neighbour, but the friend. Let the friend be unto you a festival of the earth."

"Oh, that ye understood my word: 'Do always what thou wilt—and let no one compel thee!'"

"Arise! Arise! Thou small thief, thou labour-thief! Thou shalt perish!"

"I would not speak unto the people; I speak unto each one individually."

"What is the greatest experience ye can have? It is the hour of great contempt."

"Love is the danger of the loneliest, love is war, and at bottom the greatest will to power."

"The preachers of equality will I not hear: it woundeth mine ears to hear them prate."

"He who can command himself is obeyed; but it requireth obedience to oneself first."

"Give unto me, I pray thee, that which thou canst not give unto me!"

"Wilt thou go with me? My way takes seven years, and at the end thou wilt know nothing more than at the beginning."

"Suffering and incapacity—let these be the reason for humility!"

"The good and just would fain crucify those who devise their own virtue."

"What doth the herd-animal know of the loneliness of him who is high?"

"It is terrible to die of thirst at sea! Must ye indeed drink the salt water?"

"Companion, I love thee; but perhaps thou art to me not of the right kind."

"The state is the coldest of all cold monsters."

"Many die too late and some die too early. Strange soundeth the precept: Die at the right time!"

"Thou goest to women? Do not forget thy whip."

"I love him whose soul is lavish, who wants no thanks and gives none back."

"The teacher's virtue is modest; and his science says: 'Knowledge is virtue.'"

"Verily, a polluted stream is man. One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure."