That little hypocrites and half-crazed people dare to imagine that on their account the laws of nature are constantly broken; such an enhancement of every kind of selfishness to infinity, to impudence, cannot be branded with sufficient contempt. And yet Christianity owes its triumph to this pitiable flattery of personal vanity.

The deeper minds of all ages have had pity for animals.

Body am I entirely, and nothing else; and soul is only a word for something about the body.

However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself.

There are two things a real man likes - danger and play; and he likes woman because she is the most dangerous of play things.

This world is the will to power and nothing besides!

Every profound spirit needs a mask: even more, around every profound spirit a mask is continually growing.