Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Germany
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher
15 Oct 1844 // 25 Aug 1900
Philosopher
Quotes
<< Prev Next >>
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time
I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying
He who laughs best today, will also laughs last
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight
For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child
Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons
Faith: not wanting to know what is true
Search
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays