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

"The desire for peace, the most common desire of all, is a sign of weakness in a society."

"Thou goest to women? Do not forget thy whip!"

"Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman — a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting."

"In truth, man is a polluted river. One must be a sea to receive a polluted river without becoming defiled. I bring you the Superman! He is that sea; in him your great contempt can be submerged."