“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”

“True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.”

“Watch them clamber, these swift monkeys! They clamber over one another and thus drag one another into the mud and the depth. They all want to get to the throne: that is their madness — as if happiness sat on the throne. Often, mud sits on the throne — and often the throne also on mud. Mad they all appear to me, clambering monkeys and overardent. Foul smells their idol, the cold monster: foul, they smell to me altogether, these idolators. ”

“Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.”

“What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.”

“If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.”

“Ah, ye brethren, that God whom I created was human work and human madness, like all the Gods!”