All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

On the tree, Future, we build our nest; and in our solitude eagles shall bring us nourishment in their beaks!

It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.

I teach you beyond Man (superman). Man is something that shall be surpassed. What have you done to surpass him?

Not their love of humanity, but the impotence of their love, prevents the Christians of today - burning us.

Poets and writers who are in love with the superlative all want to do more than they can.

One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.