Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.

A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.

Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.

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.