Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself.

The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always that is how the four cardinal virtues want us.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

Preparatory human beings. - I welcome all signs that a more virile, warlike age is about to begin, which will restore honour to courage above all! For this age shall prepare the way for one yet higher, and it shall gather the strength that this higher age will require some day - the age that will carry heroism into the search for knowledge and that will wage wars for the sake of ideas and their consequences.

The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may not be returned.

God is dead, God remains dead, and we have killed him.

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