There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.

Energy wasted on negative ends.

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.

Man is something that shall be overcome.... Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman -- a rope over an abyss... What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

Woman was God's second mistake.