There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

One must repay good and ill; but why just to the person who did us good or ill?

And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it!

Willing sets you free: that is the true doctrine of will and freedom--thus Zarathustra instructs you.

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes ever harder, the coldness increases, responsibility increases.

One should adpot only those situations in which one is in no need of sham virtues, but rather, like the tight-rope dancer on his tight rope, in which one must either fall or stand--or escape.

It is however a disgrace to pray! Not for all, but for you, and me, and whoever has his a conscience.