I am driven out of fatherlands and motherlands. Thus I now love only my children's land, yet undiscovered, in the farthest sea; for this I bid my sails search and search.

Their usual mistaken premise is that they affirm some consensus among people, at least among tame peoples, concerning certain moral principles, and then conclude that these principles must be unconditionally binding also for you and me-or conversely, they see that among different peoples moral valuations are necessarily different and infer from this that no morality is binding-both of which are equally childish.

It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience.

The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.

Where I found the living, there I found the will to power; even in the will of servants I found the will to be master.

They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid and sweating; it seems that no one bothered to tell them that there are beautiful vistas along the way.

I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!