Friedrich Nietzsche

Faith: not wanting to know what is true.

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.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.