Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative forces and can assert one's will over long periods of time — in the form of legislation and customs.

Sec. 144 (Notebook N VII 1. April - June 1885, KGW VII, 3.198, KSA 11.478). - The Will to Power (1888)