Famous Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Idleness is the beginning of all psychology. What? Could it be that psychology is—a vice? More
- Among women.—”The truth? Oh, you don’t really know what ‘the truth’ is! Isn’t it an... More
- The free man is a warrior.—How is freedom measured among individuals, among peoples? According... More
- Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. More
- “Evil men have no songs.”MHow is it then that the Russians have songs? More
- Could it be that wisdom appears on earth as a raven, drawn by the faint smell of carrion? More
- The newspaper reader says: this party is destroying itself through such mistakes. My higher... More
- Modern marriage has lost its meaning—consequently it is being abolished. More
- When horror is associated with what is harmful, evil results, when disgust does, badness. More
- You’re going to women? Don’t forget your whip! More
- The strongest knowledge (that of the total unfreedom of the human will) is nonetheless the... More
- Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who... More
- So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another. More
- If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how... More
- Association with other people corrupts our character Mespecially when we have none. More
- Where neither love nor hatred plays a part, a woman plays indifferently. More
- To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields. More
- Who, for the sake of his good reputation, has never once—sacrificed himself? More
- “Our ‘neighbor’ is not our neighbor, but our neighbor’s neighbor”Mthus thinks every... More
- From old Florentine novels, and also—from life: “Buona femmina e mala femmina vuol... More
- The great epochs of our lives occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is evil in us as... More
- Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be... More
- Discovering that his love is reciprocated really ought to disenchant the lover with the beloved.... More
- Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart—and just the opposite of a... More
- Almost everything we call “higher culture” is based on the spiritualization of cruelty, on... More
- The mouth may lie, alright, but the face it makes nonetheless tells the truth. More
- Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt—for... More
- Perhaps no one as yet has been truthful enough about what “truthfulness” is. More
- A man’s maturity: that is to have rediscovered the seriousness he possessed as a child at play. More
- Christianity gave Eros poison to drink:Mhe did not die of it, to be sure, but degenerated into a... More
- When we have to change our mind about someone, we hold the inconvenience he has caused us very... More
- Through music the passions enjoy themselves. More
- Comparing man and woman on the whole, one may say: woman would not possess a genius for... More
- The will to overcome an emotion is ultimately nothing but the will of another—or of several... More
- Pity in a man of knowledge seems almost laughable, like sensitive hands on a cyclops. More
- What a person is begins to betray itself when his talent weakens—when he stops showing what he... More
- A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things:... More
- Under peaceful conditions, the warlike man attacks himself. More
- Our vanity wishes precisely what we do best to be regarded as what is most difficult to us. On... More
- The devil possesses the broadest perspectives for God, and consequently he stays so far away from... More
- Even concubinage has been corrupted:Mby marriage. More
- “I have done it,” says my memory. “I cannot have done it,” says my pride, refusing to... More
- Not the intensity, but the durability of lofty feelings makes lofty men. More
- It is inhuman to bless where one is cursed. More
- The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being... More
- Once the decision has been reached, close your ears even to the best counter-argument: a sign of... More
- The enormous expectation having to do with sexual love and the shame involved in this expectation... More
- With our principles we seek to rule our habits with an iron hand, or to justify, honor, scold, or... More
- “I do not like him.”MWhy?—”I am no match for him.”MHas a person ever answered in this way? More
- No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. More
- Everything ponderous, viscous, and solemnly clumsy, all long- winded and boring types of style... More
- Love that singles out one is a barbarism, for it is practiced at the expense of all others. The... More
- A people is a detour of nature to get to six or seven great men.—Yes, and then to get around them. More
- The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good... More
- Not that you lied to me but that I no longer believe you—that is what has shaken me. More
- The charm of knowledge would be small indeed, were it not that there is so much shame to be... More
- There is a rollicking kindness that looks like malice. More
- There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that... More
- Here we also see: what this divinity lacks is not only a sense of shame—and there are also... More
- Out of a brotherly love we occasionally embrace this or that somebody (because we cannot embrace... More
- “Knowledge for its own sake”Mthat is the last snare that morality sets: here one gets all... More
- The danger in happiness.—”Now everything turns out for the best for me, now I love every... More
- In dealings with scholars and artists we are apt to miscalculate in opposite directions: behind a... More
- Actual philosophers ... are commanders and law-givers: they say “thus it shall be!”, it is... More
- It is not their brotherly love but the impotence of their brotherly love that keeps the... More
- The consequences of our actions grab us by the scruff of our necks, quite indifferent to our... More
- One begins to mistrust very clever people when they get embarrassed. More
- We should part from life as Odysseus parted from Nausicaa—blessing it rather than in love with it. More
- The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it. More
- Instinct.—When our house burns down, we even forget our lunch.—Yes, but we go back to it... More
- Disillusionment speaks.—”I listened for an echo and heard nothing but praise.” More
- There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause. More
- The familiarity of those who are superior embitters because it may not be returned. More
- What an age experiences as evil is usually an untimely reverberation echoing what was previously... More
- One is most duplicitous toward one’s god: he is not allowed to sin. More
- One has observed life poorly, if one has not also witnessed the hand that mercifully—kills. More
- Madness is a rare thing in individuals—but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages it is the rule. More
- What we do in our dreams we also do when we are awake: we invent and make up the person we are... More
- The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god. More
- Today a man of knowledge might well feel as though he were God transformed into an animal. More
- Poets treat their experiences shamelessly: they exploit them. More
- He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he... More
- There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena. More
- We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on. More
- Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes—and calls it his pride. More
- The attorneys defending a criminal are rarely artists enough to turn the beautiful ghastliness of... More
- Jesus said to his Jews: “The law was for servants—love God as I love him, as his son! What... More
- Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. More
- Shackled heart, free spirit.—Whoever binds his heart tightly and imprisons it may indulge his... More
- Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy:... More
- The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves—from... More
- To be ashamed of one’s immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also... More
- Whoever has character also has his typical experience, which returns over and over again. More
- Pharisaism is not a degeneration in a good man: a large portion of it is rather the condition of... More
- Whoever has looked deeply into the world might well guess what wisdom lies in the superficiality... More
- The dyed-in-the-wool teacher takes everything seriously only with respect to his... More
- You utilitarians, you too love everything useful only as a vehicle of your inclinations—you too... More
- It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. More
- Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have it—right, my friends? More
- The sage as astronomer.—As long as you still experience the stars as something “above you,”... More
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