The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity.

A lack of the historical sense is the hereditary fault of all philosophers.

Was aus Liebe getan wird, geschieht immer jenseits von Gut und Böse. (What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.)

Pitch-black winter nights live in my bones.

Those with very loud voices in their throats are nearly incapable of thinking subtle thoughts.

Zarathustra was the first to consider the fight of good and evil the very wheel in the machinery of things: the transposition of morality into the metaphysical realm, as a force, cause, and end in itself, is his work. [...] Zarathustra created this most calamitous error, morality; consequently, he must also be the first to recognize it.

Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.