The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen.

It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad.

The highest type of free men should be sought where the highest resistance is constantly overcome: five steps from tyranny, close to the threshold of the danger of servitude.

Away from God and gods did this will lure me: what would there be to create if gods existed?

When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.

The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.

What good is all this free-thinking, modernity, and turncoat flexibility if at some gut level you are still a Christian, a Catholic, and even a priest!