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.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.