It is he however createth man's goal, and giveth to the earth its meaning and its future: he only _effecteth_ it _that_ aught is good and bad. 240 Man is a bridge and not a goal. 241 _Be not considerate of thy neighbour!_ Man is something that must be surpassed. 243 He who cannot command himself shall obey. And many a one _can_ command himself, but still sorely lacketh self-obedience! 243 He who is of the populace wisheth to live gratuitously; we others, however, to whom life hath given itself--we are ever considering _what_ we can best give _in return!_ 243 One should not wish to enjoy where one doth not contribute to the enjoyment. And one should not _wish_ to enjoy! 243 "Thou shalt not rob! Thou shalt not slay!"--such precepts were once called holy; before them did one bow the knee and the head, and took off one's shoes. But I ask you: Where have there ever been better robbers and slayers in the world than such holy precepts? Is there not even in all life--robbing and slaying? And for such precepts to be called holy, was not _truth_ itself thereby--slain? 246 Let it not be your honour henceforth whence ye come, but whither ye go! Your Will and your feet which seek to surpass you--let these be your new honour! 248 The best shall rule, the best also _willeth_ to rule! And where the teaching is different, there--the best _is lacking._ 257 Thus would I have man and woman: fit for war, the one, fit for maternity, the other; both, however, fit for dancing with head and legs. And lost be the day to us in which a measure hath not been danced. And false be every truth which hath not had laughter along with it! 257 The stupidity of the good is unfathomably wise. The good _must_ crucify him who deviseth his own virtue! That _is_ the truth! The second one, however, who discovered their country--the country, heart and soil of the good and just,--it was he who asked: "Whom do they hate most?" The _creator,_ hate they most, him who breaketh the tables and old values, the breaker,--him they call the law-breaker. For the good--they _cannot_ create; they are always the beginning of the end:-- They crucify him who writeth new values on new tables, they sacrifice _unto themselves_ the future--they crucify the whole human future! 260 This new table, O my brethren, put I up over you: _Become hard!_ 262 Everything goeth, everything returneth; eternally rolleth the wheel of existence. Everything dieth, everything blossometh forth again; eternally runneth on the year of existence. Everything breaketh, everything is integrated anew; eternally buildeth itself the same house of existence. All things separate, all things again greet one another; eternally true to itself remaineth the ring of existence. Every moment beginneth existence, around every "Here" rolleth the ball "There." The middle is everywhere. 266 For man his baddest is necessary for his best.