I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

Lightning and thunder need time, the light of the stars needs time, deeds need time, even after they are done, to be seen and heard.

On the rare occasions when our dreams succeed and achieve perfection - most dreams are bungled - the are symbolic chains of scene and images in place of a narrative poetic language; they circumscribe our experiences or expectations or situations with such poetic boldness and decisiveness that in the morning we are always amazed when we remember our dreams.

All truths are bloody truths to me.

I know the hatred and envy of your hearts. Ye are not great enough not to know of hatred and envy. Then be great enough not to be ashamed of them!

I am Zarathustra the Godless: where shall I find my equal? All those who give themselves their own will and renounce all submission, they are my equals.

Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought.