"One should not talk much about oneself, when one has done nothing."

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

"The greatest event of recent times — that 'God is dead,' that the belief in the Christian God has become unbelievable — is already beginning to cast its first shadows over Europe."

"The common herd of humanity is nothing more than a collection of failures and abortions."

"You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?"