Quotes from Nietzsche

That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.

the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Whoever, at any time, has undertaken to build a new heaven has found the strength for it in his own hell...

Every profound spirit needs a mask: even more, around every profound spirit a mask is continually growing.

That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts. There is always a kind of contempt in the act of speaking.

Not that you lied to me but that I no longer believe you has shaken me.

How can those who live in the light of the day possibly comprehend the depths of the night?

The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is in self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, an instinct. They regard a difficult task as a privilege; it is to them a recreation to play with burdens that would crush all others.

Supposing truth is a woman -- what then?

We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors - walking, leaping, climbing, dancing, preferably on lonely mountains or near the sea where even the trails become thoughtful.

We have to be careful that in throwing out the devil, we don't throw out the best part of ourselves.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

And while I shall keep silent about some points, I do not want to remain silent about my morality which says to me: Live in seclusion so that you can live for yourself. Live in ignorance about what seems most important to your age. Between yourself and today lay the skin of at least three centuries. And the clamor of today, the noise of wars and revolutions should be a mere murmur for you.

For believe me! — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is: to live dangerously!

What if pleasure and displeasure were so tied together that whoever wanted to have as much as possible of one must also have as much as possible of the other. You have a choice in life: either as little displeasure as possible, painlessness in brief or as much displeasure as possible as the price for an abundance of subtle pleasures and joys

Life without music is a mistake.

As soon as you feel yourself against me you have ceased to understand my position and consequently my arguments! You have to be the victim of the same passion!

Only those thoughts which come from walking have any value

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find something worth suffering for.

Out of your poisons you brewed your balsam. You milked your cow, melancholy; now you drink the sweet milk of her udder.

Hence the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire...

A great truth wants to be criticized not idolized

Nothing succeeds if prankishness has no part in it.