“Joyous distrust is a sign of health. Everything absolute belongs to pathology.”

“Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.”

“Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health...”

“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.”

“But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!”

“Woe entreats: Go! Away, woe! But all that suffers wants to live, that it may become ripe and joyous and longing- longing for what is farther, higher, brighter. "I want heirs"- thus speaks all that suffers; "I want children; I do not want myself". Joy, however, does not want heirs, or children- joy wants itself, wants eternity, wants recurrence, wants everything eternally the same.”

“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. ”