The future influences the present just as much as the past.
All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.
An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.
Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Love is blind friendship closes its eyes.