 Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. |
| A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy. |
| When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one. |
| The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else! |
| If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself. |
| 'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs? |
| Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied. |
| Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow. |
| Art is the proper task of life. |
| Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt. |
| In everything one thing is impossible: rationality. |
| A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness. |
| Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will. |
| Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul. |
| Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. |
| Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. |
| Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. |
| We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers. |
| You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. |
| In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. |
