I teach you beyond Man (superman). Man is something that shall be surpassed. What have you done to surpass him?

The living is a species of the dead; and not a very attractive one.

All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the overman: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment.

Almost two thousand years, and no new god!

One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol.

One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.

Lying very still and thinking very little is the most inexpensive medicine for all the sicknesses of the soul, and when administered with good intentions it grows more and more pleasant with each passing hour.