The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.

He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.

Nothing in life possesses value except the degree of power--assuming that life itself is the will to power.

The most unendurable thing, to be sure, the really terrible thing, would be a life without habits, a life which continually required improvisation.

Where the good begins.- Where the poor power of the eye can no longer see the evil impulse as such because it has become too subtle, man posits the realm of goodness; and the feeling that we have now entered the realm of goodness excites all those impulses which had been threatened and limited by the evil impulses, like the feeling of security, of comfort, of benevolence. Hence, the duller the eye, the more extensive the good. Hence the eternal cheerfulness of the common people and of children. Hence the gloominess and grief - akin to a bad conscience - of the great thinkers.

Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.

Creating-that is the great salvation from suffering.