Whether a man hides his bad qualities and vices or confesses them openly, his vanity wants to gain an advantage by it in both cases: just note how subtly he distinguishes between those he will hide his bad qualities from and those he will face honestly and candidly.

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!

I awoke you from your sleep because I saw that you were having a nightmare. And now you are cross and say to me: "What are we supposed to do now? Everything is still night!" You ingrates! You should go to sleep again and dream better.

Ten truths must you find during the day; otherwise will you seek truth during the night, and your soul will have been hungry.

Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.

Every society has a tendency to reduce it's opponents to caricatures.

They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid and sweating; it seems that no one bothered to tell them that there are beautiful vistas along the way.