Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen? – Friedrich Nietzsche
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. – Friedrich Nietzsche
One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders