Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

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

“Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.”

“A thinking man never be a party man.”

“We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.”

“We like to be out in nature so much because it has no opinion on us.”

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”

“All I need is a sheet of paperand something to write with, and thenI can turn the world upside down.”

“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.”

“The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.”

“The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.”

“It is not the victory of science that distinguishes our nineteenth century, but the victory of scientific method over science.”

“Psychology has falsified love as surrender and altruism, while it is an appropriation or a bestowal following from a super-abundance of personality. Only the most complete persons can love. The dep...”

“What do you consider the most humane? - To spare someone shame. What is the seal of liberation? - To no longer be ashamed in front of oneself.”

“My world has just become perfect, midnight is also noonday, pain is also joy, a curse is also a blessing, the night is also a sun be gone, or you will learn: a wise man is also a fool.”

“This world, the eternally imperfect, the eternal and imperfect image of a contradiction an intoxicating joy to its imperfect creator that is what I once thought the world.”

“as if a round apple presented itself to my hand, a ripe, golden apple with a soft, cool, velvety skin - thus the world presented itself to me - as if a tree nodded to me, a wide-branching, strong-w...”

“To leave is to suffer,to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”

“Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in ev...”

“It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men.”

“Twofold misjudgement. - The misfortune suffered by clear-minded and easily understood writers is that they are taken for shallow and thus little effort is expended on reading them: and the good for...”