Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man.

Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

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

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.

Convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth than lies.