What does not kill me, makes me stronger.
Twilight of the Idols (1889), Maxims and Arrows 8
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Twilight of the Idols (1889), Maxims and Arrows 33
I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Prologue 5
Only thoughts reached by walking have value.
Twilight of the Idols (1889), Maxims and Arrows 34
What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883), Prologue 4, tr. Thomas Common
Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.
Human, All Too Human (1878), Aphorism 283
Mature manhood: that means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.
Beyond Good and Evil (1886), Aphorism 94, tr. R. J. Hollingdale