A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie.

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.

I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)

Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the point of exhaustion.

The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction

Everything in woman hath a solution. It is called pregnancy.

It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.