"Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself."

"Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter."

"The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!"

"Memory says, I did that. Pride replies, I could not have done that. Eventually memory yields."

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star."

"One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil."

"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."

"The Way is harshness greeted with kindness, fear greeted with fortitude."

"Gray hair is God's graffiti."

"Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience."

"Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge."

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"