You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
Art is the proper task of life.
I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.
Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
Live dangerously.
Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride, and have no prospect of great conquests: the easy prey – and that is what every sufferer is – is for them an enchanting thing.
The ability to suffer is a small matter – weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.
He who bears injustice alone is terrible to behold.
But this word will I say to my enemies: What is all manslaughter in comparison with what you have done to me!
You are treading the path to your greatness: no one shall follow you here! Your passage has effaced the path behind you, and above that path stands written: Impossibility.
O my brothers, am I then cruel? But I say: that which is falling should also be pushed!
You have not yet suffered enough! For you suffer only from yourselves, you have not yet suffered from man.
There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.
I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of super terrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.
The governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a more refined, the school.
All prejudices may be traced back to the intestines. A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Ghost.
The sick are the greatest danger for the healthy; it is not from the strongest that harm comes to the strong, but from the weakest.
You have no idea what a charming memory you are to me.