“Only where there is life, is there also will: not, however, Will to Life, but⁠—so teach I thee⁠—Will to Power!

“Much is reckoned higher than life itself by the living one; but out of the very reckoning speaketh⁠—the Will to Power!”⁠—

Thus did Life once teach me: and thereby, ye wisest ones, do I solve you the riddle of your hearts.

Verily, I say unto you: good and evil which would be everlasting⁠—it doth not exist! Of its own accord must it ever surpass itself anew.

With your values and formulae of good and evil, ye exercise power, ye valuing ones: and that is your secret love, and the sparkling, trembling, and overflowing of your souls.

But a stronger power groweth out of your values, and a new surpassing: by it breaketh egg and eggshell.