To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

Do ask yourself why you, the individual, exist, and if you can get no other answer try for once to justify the meaning of your existence as it were a posteriori by setting before yourself an aim, a goal, a 'to this end', an exalted and noble 'to this end'.

The will to power can express itself only against resistances; it seeks that which resists it--this is the native tendency of theamoeba when it extends its pseudopodia and gropes around.

You must climb above yourself-up and beyond, until you have even your stars under you.

Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.

Why is it that wellnesses are not as contagious as illnesses--generally speaking, but also especially regarding taste? Or are there epidemics of health?