There are two things a real man likes - danger and play; and he likes woman because she is the most dangerous of play things.

The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which he feels capable of performing.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?

His (the theologian) basic instinct of self preservation forbids him to respect reality at any point or even to let it get a word in.

In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men.

A certain sense of cruelty towards oneself and others is Christian; hatred of those who think differently; the will to persecute. Mortal hostility against the masters of the earth, against the 'noble', that is also Christian; hatred of mind, of pride, courage, freedom, libertinage of mind, is Christian; hatred of the senses, of joy in general, is Christian.