"The surest sign of the estrangement of the opinions of two persons is when they both say something ironical to each other and neither of them feels the irony."

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to de…"

"The 'great man' is a great bow from which great arrows are shot."

"Every talent must be paid for. One pays for it always, whether one has it or not, with a long and painful struggle."

"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad, has made the world ugly and bad."