It is our needs that interpret the world; our drives and their For and Against. Every drive is a kind of lust to rule; each one has its perspective that it would like to compel all other drives to accept as a norm.

What does it matter whether I am shown to be right! I am right too much!--And he who laughs best today will also laugh last.

The greatest giver of alms is cowardice.

If you are considering marriage, ask yourself one question: Will I still enjoy talking with her when I'm old?

One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!