Men were considered "free" only so that they might be considered guilty - could be judged and punished: consequently, every act had to be considered as willed, and the origin of every act had to be considered as lying within the consciousness (and thus the most fundamental psychological deception was made the principle of psychology itself).

Everything good is instinct--and, as a result, easy, necessary, free.

And like a wind shall I one day blow amongst them and with my spirit take away their soul's breath: thus my future wills it.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

When man does not have firm, calm lines on the horizon of his life- mountain and forest lines, as it were- then a man's innermost will becomes agitated, preoccupied, and wistful.

The surest aid in combating the male's disease of self-contempt is to be loved by a clever woman.

Dead are all gods: now we want the overman to live.