"It is difficult to live with people because it is so difficult to be silent. And not against him who is repugnant to us are we most unfair, but against him who is no concern of ours."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule."

"Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true."

"The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!"

"Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them."

"Man is the cruelest animal."

"Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success."

"Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent."

"It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad."

"A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good."

"We never regret having eaten too little."

"It's not that I'm so smart , it's just that I stay with problems longer."