"Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises."

"The strongest and most evil spirits have so far advanced humanity the most: they have always rekindled the slumbering passions."

"Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated into vice."

"And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

"The snake that cannot shed its skin must die. It must shed its mind along with its skin."