Three metamorphoses of the spirit I relate to you: how the spirit becomes a camel; and the camel, a lion; and the lion, finally, a child.

Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

Thus the will to power strives towards oppositions, towards displeasure. There is a will to suffering at the foundation of all organic life (contrary to "happiness" as "goal").

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

There is sense in hoping for recognition in a distant future only when we take it for granted that mankind will remain essentially unchanged, and that whatever is great is not for one age only but will be looked upon as great for all time.

The greatest cure for love is still that time honoured medicine - love returned.