To Die Proudly When It Is No

Character Is Determined More By The Lack Of Certain Experiences Than By Those One Has Had.

And He Who Must Be A Creator In Good And Evil: Verily, He Must Be An Annihilator First And Demolish Values.

That Lies Should Be Necessary To Life Is Part And Parcel Of The Terrible And Questionable Character Of Existence.

You Look Up When You Wish To Be Exalted. And I Look Down Because I Am Exalted.

A Belief, However Necessary It May Be For The Preservation Of A Species, Has Nothing To Do With Truth. The Falseness Of A Judgment Is Not For Us Necessarily An Objection To A Judgment. The Question Is To What Extent It Is Life-promoting, Life-preserving, Species Preserving, Perhaps Even Species Cultivating. To Recognize Untruth As A Condition Of Life--that Certainly Means Resisting Accustomed Value Feelings In A Dangerous Way; And A Philosophy That Risks This Would By That Token Alone Place Itself Beyond Good And Evil.