The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his ends or does not acknowledge them at all.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

A living being seeks, above all, to discharge its strength. Life is will to power.

People who wish to numb our caution in dealing with them by means of flattery are employing a dangerous expedient, like a sleeping draught, which, if it does not put us to sleep, keeps us all the more awake.

God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we - we still have to vanquish his shadow, too.

Willing sets you free: that is the true doctrine of will and freedom--thus Zarathustra instructs you.

The final reward of the dead - to die no more