

“That day must come when men will understand that freedom and daily bread enough to satisfy all are unthinkable and can never be had together, as men will never be able to fairly divide the two among themselves. And they will also learn that they can never be free, for they are weak, vicious, miserable nonentities born wicked and rebellious.”
― The Grand Inquisitor
― The Grand Inquisitor

“Let me have war, say I: it exceeds peace as far as day does night; it's spritely, waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy; mulled, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of more bastard children than war's a destroyer of men.”
― Coriolanus
― Coriolanus

“The great epochs of our life are at the points when we gain courage to rebaptize our badness as the best in us.”
― Beyond Good and Evil [with Biographical Introduction]
― Beyond Good and Evil [with Biographical Introduction]

“When all that says ‘it is good’ has been debunked, what says ‘I want’ remains.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man

“War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love of honor, without selfish motives.”
― Perpetual Peace
― Perpetual Peace
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