Christianity is a metaphysics of the hangman.

I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour!

Men subsequently put whatever is newly learned or experienced to use as a plowshare, perhaps even as a weapon: but women immediately include it among their ornaments.

Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity.

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he built and which are then often used again for better building: in the fact, that is to say, that building can be destroyed and nonetheless possess value as material.

"This - is now my way - where is yours"? Thus did I answer those who asked me "the way". For the way - it does not exist!