Jan Goericke

“The Germans think that strength must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty; then they submit with fervor and admiration: they are suddenly rid of their pitiful weakness and their sensitivity for every naught, and they devoutly enjoy terror. That there is strength in mildness and stillness, they do not believe easily. They miss strength in Goethe …!—XI, 112.”
― Walter Kaufmann, Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist

“Time is the “moving image of eternity.”12”
― Walter Kaufmann, Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist

“Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter them, being content to listen to others who have been there and thus avoid the hardships. Some travel into the mountains accompanied by experienced guides who know the best and least dangerous routes by which they arrive at their destination. Still others, inexperienced and untrusting, attempt to make their own routes. Few of these are successful, but occasionally some, by sheer will and luck and grace, do make it. Once there they become more aware than any of the others that there's no single or fixed number of routes. There are as many routes as there are individual souls.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“The Übermensch at any rate cannot be dissociated from the conception of Überwindung, of overcoming. “Man is something that should be overcome”—and the man who has overcome himself has become an overman.”
― Walter Kaufmann, Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist