"You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so tender! We are all of us pretty fine asses and asseses of burden!"
"Three metamorphoses of the spirit have I designated to you: how thespirit became a camel, the camel a lion, and the lion at last a child."
"You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted."
"I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star. I tell you: you have still chaos in you."
"The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly."
"You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted."