Welcome to our collection of Friedrich Nietzsche quotes! Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher and cultural critic, is known for his profound and thought-provoking insights into various aspects of human existence. His writings delve into topics such as morality, ethics, individualism, and the nature of truth, offering a unique perspective that continues to inspire and challenge readers across the world. Nietzsche’s ability to express complex ideas in a concise and impactful manner has made his quotes a source of inspiration for generations.
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One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. Friedrich Nietzsche
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. Friedrich Nietzsche
One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. Friedrich Nietzsche
Idleness is the parent of psychology. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. Friedrich Nietzsche
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche
Fear is the mother of morality. Friedrich Nietzsche
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Friedrich Nietzsche
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded. Friedrich Nietzsche
Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will. Friedrich Nietzsche
I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage. Friedrich Nietzsche
The doer alone learneth. Friedrich Nietzsche
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. Friedrich Nietzsche
Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly. Friedrich Nietzsche
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion. Friedrich Nietzsche
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith: not wanting to know what is true. Friedrich Nietzsche
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. Friedrich Nietzsche
Love is not consolation. It is light. Friedrich Nietzsche
If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself. Friedrich Nietzsche
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted. Friedrich Nietzsche
Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. Friedrich Nietzsche
The world itself is the will to power – and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power – and nothing else! Friedrich Nietzsche
To forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. Friedrich Nietzsche
For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child. Friedrich Nietzsche
There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all. Friedrich Nietzsche
When one has not had a good father, one must create one. Friedrich Nietzsche
I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who laughs best today, will also laughs last. Friedrich Nietzsche
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. Friedrich Nietzsche
There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He. Friedrich Nietzsche
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. Friedrich Nietzsche
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. Friedrich Nietzsche
Not necessity, not desire – no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything – health, food, a place to live, entertainment – they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied. Friedrich Nietzsche
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. Friedrich Nietzsche
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. Friedrich Nietzsche
Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend. Friedrich Nietzsche
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. Friedrich Nietzsche
Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent. Friedrich Nietzsche
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler. Friedrich Nietzsche
Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you. Friedrich Nietzsche
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. Friedrich Nietzsche
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. Friedrich Nietzsche
Germany is a great nation only because its people have so much Polish blood in their veins. Friedrich Nietzsche
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. Friedrich Nietzsche
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. Friedrich Nietzsche
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. Friedrich Nietzsche
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. Friedrich Nietzsche
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? Friedrich Nietzsche
This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man – the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined. Friedrich Nietzsche
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. Friedrich Nietzsche
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Friedrich Nietzsche
When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. Friedrich Nietzsche
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands. Friedrich Nietzsche
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? Friedrich Nietzsche
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. Friedrich Nietzsche
When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory. Friedrich Nietzsche
In everything one thing is impossible: rationality. Friedrich Nietzsche
‘Evil men have no songs.’ How is it that the Russians have songs? Friedrich Nietzsche
Woman was God’s second mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters. Friedrich Nietzsche
Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn’t. Friedrich Nietzsche
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. Friedrich Nietzsche
Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate. Friedrich Nietzsche
The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god. Friedrich Nietzsche
We have art in order not to die of the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer. Friedrich Nietzsche
Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. Friedrich Nietzsche
War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives. Friedrich Nietzsche
We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. Friedrich Nietzsche
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. Friedrich Nietzsche
Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons. Friedrich Nietzsche
Madness is rare in individuals – but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Friedrich Nietzsche
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. Friedrich Nietzsche
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. Friedrich Nietzsche
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. Friedrich Nietzsche
Success has always been a great liar. Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. Friedrich Nietzsche
One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Friedrich Nietzsche
The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions. Friedrich Nietzsche
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. Friedrich Nietzsche
The word ‘Christianity’ is already a misunderstanding – in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross. Friedrich Nietzsche