Friedrich Nietzsche quotes about god, death, superman, abyss, love and music. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844 in Germany. German Philologist poet and composer.
He has written critically on religion, ethics, culture and philosophy.
Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
‘“Faith: not wanting to know what the truth is.”’
‘“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”’
‘“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”’
‘“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”’
‘“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler.”’
‘“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”’
‘“And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.”’
‘“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”’
‘“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“God is dead, God remains dead, and we have killed him.”’
‘“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”’
‘“Art is the proper task of life. ”’
‘“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”’
‘The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”’
‘“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”’
‘“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”’
‘“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”’
‘“Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”’
‘“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”’
‘“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”’
‘“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”’
‘“A thought comes when it will, not when I will.”’
‘“Without music, life would be a mistake.”’
‘“The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.”’
‘“Become who you are.”’
‘“If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.”’
‘“There are no facts, only interpretations.”’
‘“One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while still alive.”’
‘“That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.”’
‘“As long as you still experience the stars as something “above you”, you lack the eye of knowledge.”’
‘“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”’
‘“What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.”’
‘“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”’
‘“Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.”’
‘“Live dangerously.”’
‘“One must give value to their existence by behaving as if ones very existence were a work of art.”’
‘“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”’
‘“The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.”’
‘“Man is the cruelest animal.”’
‘“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”’
‘“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.”’
‘“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen. Few in pursuit of the goal.”’
‘“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”’
‘“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.”’
‘“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”’
‘“Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.”’
‘“That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.”’
‘“A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.”’
‘“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”’
‘“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”’
‘“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”’
‘“Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.”’
‘“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.”’
‘“I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.”’
‘“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.”’
‘“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”’
‘“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.”’
‘“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.”’
‘“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”’
‘“Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man?”’
‘“All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.”’
‘“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.”’
‘“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”’
‘ “What is the truth, but a lie agreed upon.”’
‘“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”’
‘“If you know the why, you can live any how.”’
‘“The life of the enemy. Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy’s staying alive.”’
‘“Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.”’
‘“We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.”’
‘ “Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.”’
‘“The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.”’
‘“I teach you the Overman. Man is something which shall be surpassed.”’
‘“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.”’
‘“They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.”’
‘“No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”’
‘“Was that life? Well then, once more!”’
‘“The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.”’
‘“There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”’
‘“Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.”’
‘“No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.”’
‘“Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.”’
‘“Few are made for independence, it is the privilege of the strong.”’
‘“There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired.”’
‘“All great men are play actors of their own ideal.”’
‘“Stupidity in a woman is unfeminine.”’
‘“Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.”’
‘“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them.”’
‘“My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.”’
‘“After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.”’
‘“Nobody is more inferior than those who insist on being equal.”’
‘“If we train our conscience, it kisses us while it hurts.”’
‘“Everything matters. Nothing’s important.”’
‘“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.”’
‘“Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that’s who you become most like.”’
‘“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.”’
‘“Yes, life is a woman!”’
‘“Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.”’
‘“The most fundamental form of human stupidity is forgetting what we were trying to do in the first place.”’
‘“Become who you are. Make what only you can make.”’
‘“The future influences the present just as much as the past.”’
‘“The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell.”’
‘“The real world is much smaller than the imaginary.”’
‘“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”’
‘“Liberalism is the transformation of mankind into cattle.”’
‘“My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it – all idealism is mendaciousness in the face of what is necessary – but love it.”’
‘“I am really very, very tired of everything – more than tired.”’
‘“Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.”’
‘“If you look long enough into the void, the void begins to look back through you.”’
‘“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.”’
‘“The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.”’
‘In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man.”’
‘“A subject for a great poet would be God’s boredom after the seventh day of creation.”’
‘“Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.”’
‘“He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”’
‘“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”’
‘“You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.”’
‘“A life without music is an error.”’
‘“Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.”’
‘“To those human beings who are of any concern to me, I wish suffering, desolation, sickness, ill treatment, indignities, profound self-contempt, the torture of self-mistrust, and the wretchedness of the vanquished.”’
‘“I am one thing, my writings are another.”’
‘“There’s no defense against stupidity.”’
‘“The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.”’
‘“We are so fond of being out among nature, because it has no opinions about us.”’
‘“I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.”’
‘“Never trust a thought that didn’t come by walking.”’
‘“The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, as instinct.”’
‘“Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.”’
‘“Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.”’
‘“Those you cannot teach to fly, teach to fall faster.”’
‘ “What is evil?-Whatever springs from weakness.”’
‘“For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.”’
‘“Society tames the wolf into a dog. And man is the most domesticated animal of all.”’
‘“By losing your goal, You have lost your way.”’
‘“Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.”’
‘“But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthword, downword, into the dark, the deep – into evil.”’
‘“Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be.”’
‘“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”’
‘“To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both – a philosopher.”’
‘“In loneliness, the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose.”’
‘“One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.”’
‘“He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.”’
‘“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”’
‘“The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.”’
‘“The doer alone learneth.”’
‘“Art is the highest task and the proper metaphysical activity of this life.”’
‘“My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.”’
‘“One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.”’
‘“A living being seeks, above all, to discharge its strength. Life is will to power.”’
‘“Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.”’
‘“Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.”’
‘“The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. – What does not destroy makes me stronger.”’
‘“Love is blind. Friendship closes its eyes.”’
‘“You know a moment is important when it is making your mind go numb with beauty.”’
‘“In music the passions enjoy themselves.”’
‘“We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.”’
‘“Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.”’
‘“The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man.”’
‘“All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible.”’
‘“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”’
‘“There is an old illusion. It is called good and evil.”’
‘“This world is the will to power and nothing besides!”’
‘“It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.”’
‘“Your god is dead and only the ignorant weep. And if you claim there is a hell, then we shall meet there!”’
‘“Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.”’
‘“Man is a rope, tied between beast and Superman – a rope over an abyss.”’
‘“Life is that which must overcome itself again and again.”’
‘“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.”’
‘“The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world.”’
‘“Happiness is a fata morgana. the only way to not end up unhappy is to not long for happiness.”’
‘“Man makes god in his own image.”’
‘“Only strong personalities can endure history, the weak ones are extinguished by it.”’
‘“Every day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.”’
‘“Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity.”’
‘“One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.”’
‘“What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.”’
‘“Everyone who has ever built anywhere a “new heaven” first found the power thereto in his own hell.”’
‘“Your only problem, perhaps, is that you scream without letting yourself cry.”’
‘“In solitude there grows what anyone brings into it, the inner beast too. Therefore solitude is inadvisable to many.”’
‘“Only ideas won by walking have any value.”’
‘“He who obeys, does not listen to himself!”’
‘“One day soon you will meet a man, and he will rise like a phoenix from the ashes, and it is my greatest hope that he will not give you syphilis.”’
‘“Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his very heaven.”’
‘“Every profound spirit needs a mask: even more, around every profound spirt a mask is continually growing.”’
‘“I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.”’
‘“Your soul will be dead even before your body: fear nothing further.”’
‘“Happiness is the feeling that power increases – that resistance is being overcome.”’
‘“Master-morality and Slave-morality.”’
‘“Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.”’
‘“Free will without fate is no more conceivable than spirit without matter, good without evil.”’
‘“I am alone again and I want to be so; alone with the pure sky and open sea.”’
‘“The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race can no more be exterminated than the flea can be. The last man lives the longest.”’
‘“Show me that you are redeemed, and I will believe in your Redeemer.”’
‘“Man would sooner have the Void for his purpose than be void of Purpose.”’
‘“If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy.”’
‘“Your educators can only be your liberators.”’
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