Where is the lightning to lick you with its tongue? Where is the madness with which you should be cleansed? Behold, I show you the Superman. He is this lightning, he is this madness.

Only individuals have a sense of responsibility.

The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.

Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty.

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

One must give value to their existence by behaving as if ones very existence were a work of art.

What was a lie in the father becomes a conviction in the son.