"Knowledge for its own sake"—that is the last snare laid by morality: we are thereby completely entangled in morals once more. 85
He who attains his ideal, precisely thereby surpasses it. 86
Sympathy for all—would be harshness and tyranny for thee, my good neighbour! 88
To be ashamed of one's immorality is a step on the ladder at the end of which one is ashamed also of one's morality. 89
A discerning one might easily regard himself at present as the animalisation of God. 90
Not their love of humanity, but the impotence of their love, prevents the Christians of to-day—burning us. 91
There is no such thing as moral phenomena, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena. 91
The criminal is often enough not equal to his deed: he extenuates and maligns it. 91
The great epochs of our life are at the points when we gain courage to rebaptise our badness as the best in us. 92
It is a curious thing that God learned Greek when he wished to turn author—and that he did not learn it better. 93 Even concubinage has been corrupted—by marriage. 93