All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

Love brings to light the lofty and hidden characteristics of the lover--what is rare and exceptional in him: to that extent it caneasily be deceptive with respect to what is normal in him.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.

Good deeds shun the light as anxiously as evil deeds: the latter fear that disclosure will bring on pain (as punishment), while the former fear that disclosure will take away pleasure (that pure pleasure, that pleasure per se, which immediately ceases once the vanity's satisfaction is added).

On the heights it is warmer than people in the valley suppose, especially in winter. The thinker recognizes the full import of this simile.

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.