Ethics and Morality

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

He who seeks equality amongst unequals seeks the absurd .

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

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

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

When thou goest to woman take thy whip.

When virtue has slept she will get up more refreshed.

Ascetic: one who makes a necessity of virtue.

Never to talk of oneself is a form of hypocrisy.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.

The lie is a condition of life.

Not to he who is offensive to us are we most unfair but to he who does not concern us at all.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness.

Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance

Almost everything we call "higher culture" is based on the spiritualization of cruelty.

And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I forgive you for what you did to yourself?