Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Good, Friends, Spirit

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Art, Strong, Quality

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Confidence, Rights, Gift

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Long, Him, Turn

Art is the proper task of life.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Art, Life, Task

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Time, Everything, Become

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Give, Cannot, Away

Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Thoughts, Understand, Cannot

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Friendship, Someone, Friend

Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Women, Woman, Personal

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth, Lie, May

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Ego, Dog, Whenever

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

Madness, Rule, Nations

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Forget, Stupidity, Purpose

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Soul, Noble, Essence

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'
Friedrich Nietzsche

Death, Heart, After

Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Great, Two, Alcohol

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Women, Men, Stupid

Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Power, Blame, Reason

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Love, Care, Cannot

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Nature, Truth, Art

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Extreme, Contrary, Moderate

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Wisdom, Philosophy, Body

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Character, Determined, Lack

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Philosopher

Born: October 15, 1844

Died: August 25, 1900

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