Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.

The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.

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.

Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs

There are the terrible ones who carry about in themselves the beast of prey, and have no choice except lusts or self-laceration. And even their lusts are self-laceration.

The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power.

You must await your thirst and allow it to become complete: otherwise you will never discover your spring, which can never be anyone else's!