“Creating – that is the great redemption from suffering”
“Willing liberties; that is the true teaching of will and
freedom”
“Ever since there have been human being they have enjoyed
themselves too little”
“Grow weary of saying: what makes an action good is that it
is unselfish”
“That yourself be in the action, as the mother is in the
child; let that be your word about virtue”
“What the father kept silent, that comes in the son to be
spoken”
“That time does not run backward, this arouses will’s fury”
“And only when he turns away from himself will he leap over
his own shadow” (101)
“All that is living is something that obeys” (99)
“To stand with relaxed muscles and unharnessed will; that is
the most difficult thing for you all, you sublime ones” (102)
“When power becomes gracious and descends into the visible:
beauty I call such a decent” (102)
“They all muddy their waters so they might appear deep”
(111)
“Backwards the will unable to will; that it cannot break
time and time’s desire – that is the will’s loneliest sorrow” (121)
“This blessed certainty I found in all things: that they
would rather dance on the feet of chance” (143)
“All is vain” (165)
“This – is just my way; where is yours” (169)
“Of little value is anything that has its price” (176)
“In your children you shall make amends for being children
of your fathers: thus shall you redeem all that is past” (177)
“The good and righteous could not understand him: their
spirit is imprisoned in their good conscious. The stupidity of the good is
unfathomably clever” (185)
“For me – how could there be an outside me? There is no outside!
But with all tones we forget that; how lovely it is that we forget” (190) *on
the wonders of speech
“This today belongs to the rabble; who knows any more what
is great, and what is small! Who has ever had good luck seeking greatness! Only
a fool: the fool is lucky” (225)
“Some God in you must have converted you to your
godlessness. Is it not your piety itself that no longer lets you believe in a
God” (228)
“To bestow well is an art and the ultimate most subtle
master-art of goodness” (235)
“Those who are base are now indignant at all beneficence and
small donation; and let the over-rich be on their guard” (235)
“Beware that some narrow beliefs, a harsh, sever illusion
does not catch you in the end. For you are now seduced and tempted by anything
that is narrow and firm” (240)
“To encourage someone in despair – everyone thinks himself
strong enough for that” (244)
