Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

"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."

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."

"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."

"We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving."

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

"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."

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."

"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."

"There are no facts, only interpretations."

"When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you."

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."

"The future influences the present just as much as the past."

"All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."

"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play."

"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule."

"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."

"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."

"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."

"All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking."

"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."

"Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler."

"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."

"It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge."

"Faith: not wanting to know what is true."