This secret spoke Life herself unto me: "Behold," said she, "I am that which must ever surpass itself."

He who makes no secret of himself, enrages: so much reason have you for fearing nakedness.

The good men of every age are those who go to the roots of the old thoughts and bear fruit with them.

Human nature has nevertheless been changed by the ever new appearance of these teachers of the purpose of existence: It now has one additional need—the need for the ever new appearance of such teachers and teachings of a “purpose.” Gradually, man has become a fantastic animal that has to fulfill one more condition of existence than any other animal: man has to believe, to know, from time to time why he exists; his race cannot flourish without a periodic trust in life—without faith in reason in life.

What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.