At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ... The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time has come to plant the seed to his highest hope.

Happiness is a fata morgana. the only way to not end up unhappy is to not long for happiness.

Examine the life of the best and most productive men and nations, and ask yourselves whether a tree which is to grow proudly skywards can dispense with bad weather and storms. Whether misfortune and opposition, or every kind of hatred, jealousy, stubbornness, distrust, severity, greed, and violence do not belong to the favourable conditions without which a great growth even of virtue is hardly possible?

The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.