"Perhaps truth is a woman who has reasons for not letting us see her reasons?"

"We can destroy only as creators."

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."

"Not every end is the goal. The end of a melody is not its goal; and yet: if a melody has not reached its end, it has not reached its goal."

"We should not let ourselves be burnt by our opinions: we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this: that we may have and change our opinions"

"Every word is a prejudice."

"The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole"