Every master has but one disciple, and that one becomes unfaithful to him, for he too is destined for master-ship.

The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that which was bound to grow out of it, the great nausea, the will to nothingness, nihilism; this bell stroke of noon and of the great decision that liberates the will again and restores its goal to the earth and his hope to man; this Antichrist and anti-nihilist; this victor over God and nothingness - he must come one day.

I feel all those human beings to be pernicious who can no longer oppose what they love: they thereby ruin the best things and people.

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.

One is punished best for one's virtues.

Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs.

Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.