“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.