All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what there is to love in man is that he is a going-over and a going-under.

The really royal calling of the philosopher (as expressed by Alcuin the Anglo-Saxon): To correct what is wrong, and strengthen the right, and raise what is holy.

Nothing in life possesses value except the degree of power--assuming that life itself is the will to power.

The Antichrist, Section 7

Against boredom even gods struggle in vain.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.