I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom.

All great men are play actors of their own ideal.

THE SLOW ARROW OF BEAUTY. The noblest kind of beauty is that which does not transport us suddenly, which does not make stormy and intoxicating impressions such a kind easily arouses disgust but that which slowly filters into our minds.

The strength required for the vision of the most powerful reality is not only compatible with the most powerful strength for action, for monstrous action, for crime - it even presupposes it.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

Three metamorphoses of the spirit I relate to you: how the spirit becomes a camel; and the camel, a lion; and the lion, finally, a child.

I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!