"They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.”

“We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!”

“Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon drop off.”

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.”

“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!”

“Life itself is ... a sleep within a sleep.”

“He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was borne down by the insupportable weight of Middle-earth. He longed to shut out the immensity in a quiet room by a fire.”

“The road to success is always under construction. It is a progressive course, not an end to be reached.”

“There's a certain amount of traveling in a dream deferred.”