"Everything happens to everyone sooner or later if there is time enough."
"If you can not get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."
"Imagination is the begining of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will."
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more then it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism to those who have not got it."
"There are two tragedies in life. One is to not get your heart's desire. The other is to get it." - Man and Superman [1903]
"The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is." - Man and Superman [1903]
"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity" - The Devil's Disciple [1901]
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." - Annajanska [1919]
"Beware of the man whose God is in the skies." - Man and Superman [1903] "Maxims for Revolutionists"
"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules." - Man and Superman [1903] "Maxims for Revolutionists"
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievences complaining that the world will not devote itself to makeing you happy." - Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory
"Your friends are all the dullest dogs i know. They are not beautiful: they are only decorated. They are not clean: they are only shaved and starched. They are not dignified: they are only fashionably dressed. They are not educated: they are only college passmen. They are not religious: they are only pewrenters. They are not moral: they are only conventional. They are not virtuous: they are only cowardly..." - Man ans Superman ("Don Juan in Hell")