"The greatest event of recent times — that 'God is dead,' that the belief in the Christian God has become unbelievable — is already beginning to cast its first shadows over Europe."

"What does not destroy me, makes me stronger."

"How little it takes to make us happy! The sound of a bagpipe. Without music life would be a mistake. The German even imagines God as singing songs."

"The higher men are distinguished from the lower by their fearlessness and their readiness to challenge the highest values."

"One must pay dearly for immortality: one has to die several times while one is still alive."