Like the creatures of the forest and the sea, I love To lose myself for a while.

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.

Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to act with greater calmness than his tempestuous desires prior to the deed would lead one to expect.

If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism.

Are you visiting women? Do not forget your whip

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.

I would only believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity—through him all things fall. Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity!