Friedrich Nietzsche | Quotes Collection

"But the state lieth in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it saith it lieth; and whatever it hath it hath stolen." Friedrich Nietzsche

"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." Friedrich Nietzsche

"One can promise actions, but not feelings, for the latter are involuntary. He who promises to love forever or hate forever or be forever faithful to someone is promising something that is not in his power." Friedrich Nietzsche

"The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest: asceticism becomes in them nature, need, and instinct. Difficult tasks are a privilege to them; to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. Knowledge-a form of asceticism. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful and the kindliest." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you." Friedrich Nietzsche

"He who obeys, does not listen to himself!" Friedrich Nietzsche

"Few are made for independence, it is the privilege of the strong." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous." Friedrich Nietzsche

"The real question is: How much truth can I stand?" Friedrich Nietzsche

"All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible." Friedrich Nietzsche

"The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell." Friedrich Nietzsche

"To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence." Friedrich Nietzsche

"So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's." Friedrich Nietzsche