Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit
of gravity! 45
Full is the earth of the superfluous; marred is life by the
many-too-many. May they be decoyed out of this life by the "life
eternal"! 49
Ye are not great enough not to know of hatred and envy. Then be great
enough not to be ashamed of them! 51
Ye shall love peace as a means to new wars--and the short peace more
than the long.
You I advise not to work, but to fight. You, I advise not to peace, but
to victory. Let your work be a fight, let your peace be a victory! 52
Ye say it is the good cause which halloweth even war? I say unto you:
it is the good war which halloweth every cause. 52
"What is good?" ye ask. To be brave is good. 52
Ye shall only have enemies to be hated, but not enemies to be despised.
Ye must be proud of your enemies; then, the successes of your enemies
are also your successes. 53
A state is called the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly lieth it
also; and this lie creepeth from its mouth: "I, the state, am the
people." 54
Just see these superfluous ones! They steal the works of the inventors
and the treasures of the wise. Culture, they call their theft--and
everything becometh sickness and trouble unto them! 56
Around the devisers of new values revolveth the world:--invisibly it
revolveth. But around the actors revolve the people and the glory: such
is the course of things. 58
Would that ye were perfect--at least as animals! But to animals
belongeth innocence. 61