He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
For once you must try not to shirk the facts: Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.[Ihr Herren, bildet euch da garnichts ein: Der Mensch lebt nur von Missetat allein!]
Fanatics are picturesque, and mankind prefers observing poses to listening to reasons…
Discord is the great evil of the human species, and toleration is its only remedy.
And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God, For I who am curious about each am not curious about God, (No array of terms can say how much I am at peace about God and about death.) I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
All mankind is divided, as it was at all times and is still, into slaves and freemen; for whoever has not two-thirds of his day for himself is a slave, be he otherwise whatever he likes, statesman, merchant, official, or scholar.
