It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.
Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man?
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.