Where one despises, one cannot wage war.
And like a wind shall I one day blow amongst them and with my spirit take away their soul’s breath: thus my future wills it.
But every soil becomes finally exhausted, and the ploughshare of evil must always come once more.
I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour!
Warfare is the father of all good things, it is also the father of good prose!
One has renounced the great life when one renounces war.
We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we possess nothing but metaphors for things – metaphors which correspond in no way to the original entities.
To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one’s own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there.
The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. – What does not destroy makes me stronger.
He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap.
What we know oman today is limited precisely by the extent to which we have regarded him as a machine.
A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.
Thinking evil is making evil.
There is sense in hoping for recognition in a distant future only when we take it for granted that mankind will remain essentially unchanged, and that whatever is great is not for one age only but will be looked upon as great for all time.
It is the privilege of greatness to confer intense happiness with insignificant gifts.
All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.
All great men are play actors of their own ideal.
A book is made better by good readers and clearer by good opponents.
Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs.
The courage of all one really knows comes but late in life.