Friedrich Nietsche quotes page 1
1844-1900, German philosopher
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we
should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Hold a true friend with both your hands.
Friedrich Nietzsche
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen. Few in pursuit of the goal.
Friedrich Nietzsche
What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
One ought to hold on to one's heart. For if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head
too.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for
the first time.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Only sick music makes money today.
Friedrich Nietzsche
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one
cannot fly into flying.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Distrust in all whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Friedrich Nietzsche
In heaven all the interesting people are missing.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.
Friedrich Nietzsche
All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a
function of power and not truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche
A casual stroll through a lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions
destroyed.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?
Friedrich Nietzsche
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the
most dangerous plaything.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to
invent laughter.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from
changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation.
Friedrich Nietzsche
He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the
party and out the other side too soon.
Friedrich Nietzsche
What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who
want to believe.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith: not wanting to know what the truth is.
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