Was aus Liebe getan wird, geschieht immer jenseits von Gut und Böse. (What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.)

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

He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.

One lives for the day, one lives very fast, one lives very irresponsibly: precisely this is called "freedom."

Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

When Zarathustra was alone . . . he said to his heart: "Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!"

Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself