Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
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It is only those who know how to feel that "this is not good" who devise improvements.
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I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
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If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.
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What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim.
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We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we possess nothing but metaphors for things - metaphors which correspond in no way to the original entities.
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Our writing equipment takes part in forming our thoughts.
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One should adpot only those situations in which one is in no need of sham virtues, but rather, like the tight-rope dancer on his tight rope, in which one must either fall or stand--or escape.
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...one can speak with the utmost clearness, and yet not be heard by anyone.
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'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?
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Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
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Precisely this is godliness--that there are gods, but no God.
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Lightning and thunder need time, the light of the stars needs time, deeds need time, even after they are done, to be seen and heard.
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The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any.
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The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation.
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Christianity is a metaphysics of the hangman.
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In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
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It is certain that the Jew, if he desired-or if they were driven to it, as the antisemites seem to wish-could now have the ascendancy, nay, literally the supremacy, over Europe; that they are not working or planning for that end is equally sure... The resourcefulness of the modern Jews, both in mind and soul, is extraordinary.
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Do not forget, man, consumed by lust:you-are the stone, the desert, are death ...
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He who seeks intelligence lacks intelligence.
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There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.
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We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is!
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I know my fate. One day my name will be associated with the memory of something tremendous - a crisis without equal on earth, the most profound collision of conscience, a decision that was conjured up against everything that had been believed, demanded, hallowed so far. I am no man, I am dynamite.
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When, however, you have an enemy, then do not requite him good for evil: for that would shame him. Instead, prove that he did some good for you. And rather be angry than put to shame! And when you are cursed, I do not like it that you want to bless. Rather curse a little also! And if you are done a great injustice, then quickly add five small ones. Hideous to behold is he who is obsessed with an injustice.
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What is the truth, but a lie agreed upon.