"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

"There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena."

"It is inhuman to bless when one is being cursed."

"But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!"

"To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. There is yet a third case: one must be both — a philosopher."