Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
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The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen.
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When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
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We should be a mirror of being: we are God in miniature.
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Heavy, heavy-hearted people grow lighter and rise occasionally to their surface through precisely that which makes others heavier,through hatred and love.
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There are more idols than realities in the world: that is my "evil eye" for this world, which is also my "evil ear".
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One should not wrongly reify 'cause' and 'effect,' as the natural scientists do (and whoever, like them, now 'naturalizes' in his thinking), according to the prevailing mechanical doltishness which makes the cause press and push until it 'effects' its end; one should use 'cause' and 'effect' only as pure concepts, that is to say, as conventional fictions for the purpose of designation and communication-not for explanation.
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The 'kingdom of God' is not something one waits for; it has no yesterday or tomorrow, it does not come 'in a thousand years' - it is an experience within a heart; it is everywhere, it is nowhere...
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It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.
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Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.
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The charm of knowledge would be small indeed, were it not that there is so much shame to be overcome on the way to it.
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The spirit of the poet craves spectators... even if only buffaloes.
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No honey is sweeter than that of knowledge.
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I am really very, very tired of everything - more than tired.
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Um aber unsere Klassiker so falsch beurteilen und so beschimpfend ehren zu können, muß man sie gar nicht mehr kennen: und dies ist die allgemeine Tatsache. Denn sonst müßte man wissen, daß es nur eine Art gibt, sie zu ehren, nämlich dadurch, daß man fortfährt, in ihrem Geiste und mit ihrem Mute zu suchen, und dabei nicht müde wird.
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Only sick music makes money today.
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Man and man's earth are unexhausted and undiscovered. Wake and listen! Verily, the earth shall yet be a source of recovery. Remain faithful to the earth, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth.
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The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.
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If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants.
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The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.
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We are more pained when one of our friends is guilty of something shameful than when we do it ourselves.
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The perfect woman is a higher type of humanity than the perfect man, and also something much rarer. The natural history of animals furnishes grounds in support of this theory.
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Art furnishes us with eyes and hands and above all the good conscience to be able to turn ourselves into such a phenomenon.
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For all things are baptized at the font of eternity, and beyond good and evil; good and evil themselves, however, are but intervening shadows and damp afflictions and passing clouds.
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Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that.