Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
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All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that he is very ill, and that a severe, final, radical cure is necessary.
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Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.
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He who has attained the freedom of reason to any extent cannot, for a long time, regard himself otherwise than as a wanderer on the face of the earth - and not even as a traveler towards a final goal, for there is no such thing. But he certainly wants to observe and keep his eyes open to whatever actually happens in the world; therefore he cannot attach his heart too firmly to anything individual; he must have in himself something wandering that takes pleasure in change and transitoriness.
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To call a thing good not a day longer than it appears to us good, and above all not a day earlier - that is the only way to keep joy pure.
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There is no more dreary or more repulsive creature than the man who has evaded his genius.
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This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production of the philosopher, of the artist, and of the saint within us and outside us, and thereby to work at the consummation of nature.
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What really makes one indignant about suffering isn't the thing itself but the senselessness of it.
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Here the ways of men divide. If you wish to strive for peace of soul and happiness, then believe; if you wish to be a disciple of truth, then inquire.
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When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life.
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I teach you beyond Man (superman). Man is something that shall be surpassed. What have you done to surpass him?
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In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species.
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Nihilism: any aim is lacking, any answer to the question "why" is lacking. What does nihilism mean?--that the supreme values devaluate themselves.
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Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.
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How little is required for pleasure! The sound of a bagpipe - without music, life would be an error.
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It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience.
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Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.
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We have art in order not to die of the truth.
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There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation, will not reveal the more secret affairs of their friends.
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Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters.
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The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts.
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Either one does not dream, or one does so interestingly. One should learn to spend one's waking life in the same way: not at all, or interestingly.
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Existence begins in every instant.
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Gott ist tot! aber so wie die Art der Menschen ist, wird es vielleicht noch Jahrtausende lang Höhlen geben, in denen man seinen Schatten zeigt. - Und wir - Wir müssen auch noch seinen Schatten besiegen.
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In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.