Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

Forgetting: that is a divine capacity. And whoever aspires to the heights and wants to fly must cast off much that is heavy and make himself light--I call it a divine capacity for lightness.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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• Aspires

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• I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that.

  

  Vince Cable
  • Women
  • Happy
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• Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

  

  Yves Saint Laurent
  • Elegance
  • Forgetting

• I know better than to read reviews but I do it anyway. Somebody described my pacing as 'glacial.' I wasn't thrilled, but I think they meant it in a not entirely unflattering way.

  

  Patrick Rothfuss
  • Think
  • Know
  • Better

• Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale,And guide my lonely wayTo where yon taper cheers the valeWith hospitable ray.

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Lonely

• You are not in control of your mind-because you, as a conscious agent, are only part of your mind, living at the mercy of other parts.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Mind
  • Control
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• It’s just not right that Donald Trump can ignore his debts, but students and families can’t refinance their debt.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Trump
  • Ignore

• It's not easy to get a celebrity to attach themselves to something. You have to build a relationship.

  

  Brian Lee
  • Relationship
  • Celebrity

• I used to be opposed to collaboration, and that's probably why the music in the past wasn't as good. Writing with other people, especially the great writers that I've had the privilege to write with, it activates something in your mind that you wouldn't use alone.

  

  Charlie Puth
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• Country music, to me, is what I grew up on.

  

  Chris Lane
  • Up
  • Music
  • Country

• Our girl is someone who knows the trends before they happen and look online immediately when shows are happening. They love fashion so much, so they're thrilled they get to be a part of it all.

  

  Aslaug Magnusdottir
  • Girl
  • Fashion

• Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. Independent graphic designers from all over the world submit designs to our ongoing design competitions, and Minted's community votes to tell us what to sell.

  

  Mariam Naficy
  • World
  • Community
  • Design

• Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.

  

  Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Science

• It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.

  

  Matthew Prior

• I want to have an 'Eat, Pray, Love' experience where I drop off the face of the planet and move to Greece.

  

  Jennifer Hyman
  • Experience

• Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate in addressing the 'why' questions. 'Why is there a universe at all?' These are the meaning questions, which many people think religion is particularly good at dealing with.

  

  Brian Greene
  • People
  • Good
  • Why

• Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.

  

  Charles Sturt
  • People
  • Communication
  • Patience

• Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?... It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

  

  Pope Francis
  • God
  • Gay
  • Mercy

• Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

  

  Ella Maillart
  • Time
  • World
  • Long

• We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Danger
  • Forgetting

• To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of living.

  

  Arthur Helps
  • Learn
  • Hear
  • Aspires

• We figured that since we've been gone from the road for a while, let's make it a little more intimate, do multiple nights (in some cities) and get the connection back with the fans.

  

  Dan Donegan Disturbed
  • Connection
  • Nights
  • Multiple

• Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.

  

  Caspar Weinberger
  • Trying
  • Foolish
  • Agreement

• Forgetting: that is a divine capacity. And whoever aspires to the heights and wants to fly must cast off much that is heavy and make himself light--I call it a divine capacity for lightness.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Forgetting
  • Lightness
  • Aspires