Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

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

Revenge, Someone, Impossible

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Problem, Anyone, Head

Anyone who has declared someone else to be an idiot, a bad apple, is annoyed when it turns out in the end that he isn't.
Friedrich Nietzsche

End, Bad, Someone

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Friendship, Love, Eyes

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Heaven, Missing

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

Give, Able, Star

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Friendship, Woman, May

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

Real, Play, Child

There are no facts, only interpretations.
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

Best, Alone, Laughter

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Dad, Good, Father

And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Long, Abyss, Gaze

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Blessed, Blunders

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
Friedrich Nietzsche

War, Best, Enemy

The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Reality, Christian, Word

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

Love, Reason, Madness

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Give, Star, Within

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Love, God, Today

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

Feelings, Thoughts, Shadows

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Insanity, Rule, Nations

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Makes, Stronger, Destroy

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Goal, Path, Few

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Heart, Control, Head

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.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth, Today, Tomorrow

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Wisdom, Inspired, Earth

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Philosopher

Born: October 15, 1844

Died: August 25, 1900

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