That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Man is more ape than many of the apes.

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.

The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

So much of life is a negotiation - so even if you're not in business, you have opportunities to practice all around you.