The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession…

Morality is herd instinct in the individual.

For believe me! — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is: to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius!

What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.

God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier, simpler.