We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing.

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

Linguistic danger to spiritual freedom.- Every word is a prejudice.

Whatever is gold does not glitter. A gentle radiance belongs to the noblest metal.

Mediocrity is the most effective mask a superior spirit can wear, because to the great majority, which is to say, to the mediocre,it will not suggest a disguise:--and yet it is precisely for their sake that he puts it on--so as not to arouse them, and, indeed, not infrequently to avoid this out of pity and benevolence.