We do not by any means think it desirable that the kingdom of righteousness and peace should be established on earth (because under any circumstances it would be the kingdom of the profoundest mediocrity and Chinaism); we rejoice in all men, who like ourselves love danger, war and adventure, who do not make compromises, nor let themselves be captured, conciliated and stunted; we count ourselves among the conquerors; we ponder over the need of a new order of things, even of a new slavery for every strengthening and elevation of the type "man" also involves a new form of slavery.

Denn was ist Freiheit? Dasz man den Willen zur Selbstverantwortlichkeit hat.

Someone who does not write books, who thinks a lot, and who lives in unsatisfying society will usually be a good letter- writer.

The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race can no more be exterminated than the flea can be. The last man lives the longest.

Physiologists should think before putting down the instinct of self-preservation as the cardinal instinct of an organic being. A living thing seeks above all to discharge its strength--life itself is will to power; self-preservation is only one of the indirect and most frequent results.

Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.

The better the state is established, the fainter is humanity. To make the individual uncomfortable, that is my task.