Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

To him who feels himself preordained to contemplation and not to belief, all believers are too noisy and obtrusive; he guards against them.

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.