No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche.

It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the world is not governed by a purpose.

Man stands alone in the universe, responsible for his condition, likely to remain in a lowly state, but free to reach above the stars.

Writing is thinking in slow motion.

Reason may not always tell us what to believe, but it can help us on what we shouldn't believe.

The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepen his understanding and sensibility, in growing through his pains.

Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is.

Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed their hearts to the voice of their brothers' blood.

For atheism and polytheism there is no special problem of suffering, nor need there be for every kind of monotheism.

To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith of a heretic.

Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it.

His is the same fear most everyone has, everyone for me for the fact that I cannot.

Your disbelief cures nothing.

In Labor movements generally, success through violence can hardly be expected except in circumstances where success without violence is attainable.

My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

Out of the chaos, the future emerges in harmony and beauty.

The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.

Life is not as easy as it could be for a person with a disability.

One genius has made many clever artists.

It is not that sport, over-indulged in, coarsens the mind; it is that it dulls it.

Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain.