truths are illusions of which one has forgotten that they are illusions, metaphors that have become worn-out and deprived of their sensuous force, coins that have lost their imprint and are now no longer seen as coins but as metal.

Every man who has declared that some other man is an ass or a scoundrel, gets angry when the other man conclusively shows that the assertion was erroneous.

The will to power can express itself only against resistances; it seeks that which resists it--this is the native tendency of theamoeba when it extends its pseudopodia and gropes around.

The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

All truths are bloody truths to me.