"The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!"

"Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them."

"Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth?"

"I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all."

"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."

"He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser."

"Don't get the idea the I'm knocking the American system."

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

"When you build bridges you can keep crossing them."

"There's only one way to fall down, but you won't know till you hit the ground."

"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished."

"If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain."