Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Whoever has witnessed another’s ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

All truth is simple… is that not doubly a lie?

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.