"Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so delicate! We are all of us fine sumpter asses and assesses."

"A man who wants to do great things must know how to suffer."

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?"

"Is man merely a mistake of God's?"