The strong individual loves the earth so much he lusts for recurrence. He can smile in the face of the most terrible thought: meaningless, aimless existence recurring eternally. The second characteristic of such a man is that he has the strength to recognize - and to live with the recognition - that the world is valueless in itself and that all values are human ones. He creates himself by fashioning his own values; he has the pride to live by the values he wills.

Never to talk about oneself is a very refined form of hypocrisy.

Man is something that is to be surpassed.

I love him who laboureth and inventeth, that he may build the house for the Superman, and prepare for him earth, animal, and plant: for thus seeketh he his own down-going.

A philosophical mythology lies concealed in language, which breaks out again at every moment, no matter how cautious we may be.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.