Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2435

—Blessedness to write upon the will of millenniums as upon brass,—harder than brass, nobler than brass. Entirely hard is only the noblest.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2852

Is it not thy piety itself which no longer letteth thee believe in a God? And thine over-great honesty will yet lead thee even beyond good and evil!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 937

But it is better said in this wise: “The discerning one walketh amongst men AS amongst animals.”

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3198

That which giveth wings to asses, that which milketh the lionesses:— praised be that good, unruly spirit, which cometh like a hurricane unto all the present and unto all the populace,—

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2928

“But they received me not,” said the voluntary beggar, “thou knowest it, forsooth. So I went at last to the animals and to those kine.”

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1859

Rather will I sit in a tub under a closed heaven, rather will I sit in the abyss without heaven, than see thee, thou luminous heaven, tainted with passing clouds!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 406

I no longer feel in common with you; the very cloud which I see beneath me, the blackness and heaviness at which I laugh—that is your thunder-cloud.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2220

An old wearisome business seemed to them all discourse about virtue; and he who wished to sleep well spake of “good” and “bad” ere retiring to rest.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1463

This, however, do all poets believe: that whoever pricketh up his ears when lying in the grass or on lonely slopes, learneth something of the things that are betwixt heaven and earth.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1340

When power becometh gracious and descendeth into the visible—I call such condescension, beauty.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3028

—Ye yourselves do it, and your aspect, forgive it me! For every one becometh courageous who beholdeth a despairing one. To encourage a despairing one—every one thinketh himself strong enough to do so.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 292

Good and evil, and joy and woe, and I and thou—coloured vapours did they seem to me before creative eyes. The creator wished to look away from himself,—thereupon he created the world.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3380

Thou old clock-bell, thou sweet lyre! Every pain hath torn thy heart, father-pain, fathers’-pain, forefathers’-pain; thy speech hath become ripe,—

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 687

“How could ye be just unto me!”—must thou say—“I choose your injustice as my allotted portion.”

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2536

And verily, O my soul! Who could see thy smiling and not melt into tears? The angels themselves melt into tears through the over-graciousness of thy smiling.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3510

How far it differs from that of Christianity we have already read in the discourse “Neighbour-Love”, but here he tells us definitely the nature of his love to mankind; he explains why he was compelled to assail the Christian values of pity and excessive love of the neighbour, not only because they are slave-values and therefore tend to promote degeneration (see Note B.), but because he could only love his children’s land, the undiscovered land in a remote sea; because he would fain retrieve the errors of his fathers in his children.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2071

With the old Deities hath it long since come to an end:—and verily, a good joyful Deity-end had they!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3250

And did I not myself warn you against it when I said that it was a deceiver, a lying and deceiving spirit?

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3014

“Get up,” said Zarathustra, “thou little thief, thou sluggard! What! Still stretching thyself, yawning, sighing, falling into deep wells?

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1672

What hath happened unto me? Who ordereth this?—Ah, mine angry mistress wisheth it so; she spake unto me. Have I ever named her name to you?

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 905

Once did people say God, when they looked out upon distant seas; now, however, have I taught you to say, Superman.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2425

But he who discovered the country of “man,” discovered also the country of “man’s future.” Now shall ye be sailors for me, brave, patient!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2857

Gladly, forsooth, would I conduct thee thither myself, thou venerable one; for I love all pious men. But now a cry of distress calleth me hastily away from thee.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 676

Art thou one ENTITLED to escape from a yoke? Many a one hath cast away his final worth when he hath cast away his servitude.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 148

I love him who is of a free spirit and a free heart: thus is his head only the bowels of his heart; his heart, however, causeth his down-going.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2318

In the best there is still something to loathe; and the best is still something that must be surpassed!—

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 730

And now accept a little truth by way of thanks! I am old enough for it!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2637

When Zarathustra, however, was aloft on the summit, he sent his animals home that had accompanied him, and found that he was now alone:—then he laughed from the bottom of his heart, looked around him, and spake thus:

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1074

Did my loathing itself create for me wings and fountain-divining powers? Verily, to the loftiest height had I to fly, to find again the well of delight!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3519

He who can be proud of his enemies, who can be grateful to them for the obstacles they have put in his way; he who can regard his worst calamity as but the extra strain on the bow of his life, which is to send the arrow of his longing even further than he could have hoped;—this man knows no revenge, neither does he know despair, he truly has found redemption and can turn on the worst in his life and even in himself, and call it his best (see Notes on Chapter LVII.).

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3484

Nietzsche’s views on women have either to be loved at first sight or they become perhaps the greatest obstacle in the way of those who otherwise would be inclined to accept his philosophy. Women especially, of course, have been taught to dislike them, because it has been rumoured that his views are unfriendly to themselves. Now, to my mind, all this is pure misunderstanding and error.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 492

War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery hath hitherto saved the victims.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 71

When Zarathustra was thirty years old, he left his home and the lake of his home, and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and solitude, and for ten years did not weary of it. But at last his heart changed,—and rising one morning with the rosy dawn, he went before the sun, and spake thus unto it:

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2954

Scarcely however was the voluntary beggar gone in haste, and Zarathustra again alone, when he heard behind him a new voice which called out: “Stay! Zarathustra! Do wait! It is myself, forsooth, O Zarathustra, myself, thy shadow!” But Zarathustra did not wait; for a sudden irritation came over him on account of the crowd and the crowding in his mountains. “Whither hath my lonesomeness gone?” spake he.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1168

‘Tis night: now do all gushing fountains speak louder. And my soul also is a gushing fountain.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3243

For fear of wild animals—that hath been longest fostered in man, inclusive of the animal which he concealeth and feareth in himself:—Zarathustra calleth it ‘the beast inside.’

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3586

Now, Nietzsche’s life had been too full of disappointments, illness, unsuccessful struggles, and snubs, to allow of his thinking of the Eternal Recurrence without loathing—hence probably the words of the last verse.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 249

To create itself freedom, and give a holy Nay even unto duty: for that, my brethren, there is need of the lion.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1528

One thing, however, is certain: I must keep a tighter hold of it; otherwise it will spoil my reputation.”

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1753

Gloomily walked I lately in corpse-coloured twilight—gloomily and sternly, with compressed lips. Not only one sun had set for me.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 908

Not perhaps ye yourselves, my brethren! But into fathers and forefathers of the Superman could ye transform yourselves: and let that be your best creating!—

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 420

I learned to walk; since then have I let myself run. I learned to fly; since then I do not need pushing in order to move from a spot.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 387

Could he only shake his head, then would his burden roll off; but who shaketh that head?

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 591

Do I speak of filthy things? That is not the worst thing for me to do.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 2019

I despise thy contempt; and when thou warnedst me—why didst thou not warn thyself?

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 1557

And I pressed the key, and pulled at the gate, and exerted myself. But not a finger’s-breadth was it yet open:

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 151

When Zarathustra had spoken these words, he again looked at the people, and was silent. “There they stand,” said he to his heart; “there they laugh: they understand me not; I am not the mouth for these ears.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 993

And only when the clear sky looketh again through ruined roofs, and down upon grass and red poppies on ruined walls—will I again turn my heart to the seats of this God.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 3089

“Be of good cheer,” replied Zarathustra, “as I am. Abide by thy customs, thou excellent one: grind thy corn, drink thy water, praise thy cooking,—if only it make thee glad!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, passage 705

But it is naughty, like a young child; and if I hold not its mouth, it screameth too loudly.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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