To behave "humanely" it is perfectly possible to do without the notion of "humanity."

Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name of the secular nation, or of democracy, does not?

Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of "humanity" in order to behave decently.

I do not criticize religion as such, but I criticize the concept and the definition of "religion" - as I said in Genealogies.

I think the approach to Islam as a tradition is helpful. Tradition helps us to focus on questions about authority and temporality, and about the language used in relation to the two.

I know by now, only too well, that you can never get away from yourself because you never go away.

I am hell with a knife and there is nothing I can really do about it but try and keep my mouth shut and try not to let it show.

One day, you would see, You have dropped your attire, The dirt you are carrying on your shoulderAnd your entire self!

I teach self-reliance, the world's most subversive practice. I teach people how to grow their own food, which is shockingly subversive. So, yes, it’s seditious. But it’s peaceful sedition.

If I'm a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste.

I can handle scars, especially one's on the outside.

From the point where our ancestors started making tools, people have been unable to survive without the things they make; in this sense, it is making things that makes us human.

The silent majority, that's actually an invention of Richard Nixon's.

Go ahead and do the impossible. It's worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn't.

Virtue is its own revenge.