German philosopher, essayist, and cultural critic
I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be. – Friedrich Nietzsche
What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. – 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
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement of piratical morality. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. – 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
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Fear is the mother of morality. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Every past is worth condemning. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters. – Friedrich Nietzsche
God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is the cruelest animal. – Friedrich Nietzsche
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy. – 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
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. – Friedrich Nietzsche
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. – Friedrich Nietzsche
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Remorse. Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man? – Friedrich Nietzsche
One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises that one makes. -Friedrich Nietzsche
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Without music, life would be a mistake… I would only believe in a God who knew how to dance. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Faith: not wanting to know what the truth is. – Friedrich Nietzsche
What does your conscience say? – ‘You should become the person you are’. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler. – Friedrich Nietzsche
That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil. – Friedrich Nietzsche
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. – Friedrich Nietzsche
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. – Friedrich Nietzsche
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! – Friedrich Nietzsche
They muddy the water, to make it seem deep. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Love forgives the lover even his lust. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Become who you are! – 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
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great minds are skeptical. – 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
What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself. – Friedrich Nietzsche
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