Spirit is the life that itself cuts into life: with its own torment it increases its own knowledge. Did you already know that?

Lift up your hearts, my brothers, high, higher! And don't forget about your legs either! Lift up your legs as well, you good dancers, and better yet--stand also on your heads!

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.

Our drives are reducible to the will to power. The will to power is the ultimate fact at which we arrive.

The wheel and the brake have different duties, but also one in common: to hurt one another.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.