Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one. men

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. God & time

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He. God

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. good & power

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. truth

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. forgiveness

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend. respect

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. education

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. friendship

Art is the proper task of life. art & life

Success has always been a great liar. great & success

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. women

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad. best

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. best

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species. death & life

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art. art

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage. power

Love is not consolation. It is light. love

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. knowledge, love & wisdom

Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company. women

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. God

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? love

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else! power

The lie is a condition of life. life

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep the truth is that they are not even shallow. truth

The doer alone learneth. alone & education

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm. great & men

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. love

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders? God

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies. men & women

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood. love

Woman was God's second mistake. God

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. love

Faith: not wanting to know what is true. faith

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. art, good & respect

There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion. religion

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. good

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. wisdom

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. great

In music the passions enjoy themselves. music

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? wisdom

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. life

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. knowledge & truth

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. faith

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness. great & men

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. God & religion

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. love

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings. love

Fear is the mother of morality. fear

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob. God

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. best & war

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. power, time & truth

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god but who knows my god? God & love

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman. women

There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. truth

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god. God

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. hope

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too. men

We have art in order not to die of the truth. art & truth

Without music, life would be a mistake. life & music

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets. great

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. good & love

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. great

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last. best

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. religion

I love those who do not know how to live for today. love

The future influences the present just as much as the past. future

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. love

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. friendship, love & marriage

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. truth

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. freedom

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. art & great

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. truth

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. art

Love is blind friendship closes its eyes. friendship & love

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. great

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy. friendship

When one has not had a good father, one must create one. dad & good

Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience. experience

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. art

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. dad & good

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. alone & best

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.' death

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. strength

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow. women

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. truth

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris. home

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause. good & war

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? life

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good. good

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. art

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly. men & women

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. history & men

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless. life & men

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. learning

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation. God & great

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves? life

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you. time

Art raises its head where creeds relax. art

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. good & truth

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. life & love

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie? truth

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs? men