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Abyss

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

— Friedrich Nietzsche
Jenseits von Gut und Böse

What does not kill you...

Was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn starker. (What does not kill him, makes him stronger.)
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Ecce Homo (1888)

Chance

Die Leugner des Zufalls. — 'Kein Sieger glaubt an den Zufall.' (Those who deny chance. — 'No victor believes in chance.')
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft

Love

Was aus Liebe getan wird, geschieht immer jenseits von Gut und Böse. (What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.)
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Jenseits von Gut und Böse

Morality

In short, systems of morals are only a sign-language of the emotions.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Jenseits von Gut und Böse