Quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

Man liebt zuletzt seine Begierde, und nicht das Begehrte.

man who loves like a woman becomes thereby a slave ; a woman, however, who loves like a woman

To some people you may give not your hand, but only a slap with a paw: and I would at your paw might also have claws.

Creo que los animales ven en el hombre un ser igual a ellos que ha perdido de forma extraordinariamente peligrosa el sano intelecto animal, es decir, que ven en él al animal irracional, al animal que ríe, al animal que llora, al animal infeliz.

And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.

But the worst enemy you can encounter will always be yourself.

In the mountains the shortest way is from peak to peak, but for that route thou must have long legs. Proverbs should be peaks, and those spoken to should be big and tall.

When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men and things in this manner with Yes and No.

How couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes?

I love him who justifies the future ones, and redeems the past ones: for he is willing to perish through the present ones.

It is important to accept that the world is not in any way striving toward a stable condition, equilibrium or eternal sunshine.

Lo! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that hath gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it.

Ich liebe die großen Verachtenden, weil sie die großen Verehrenden sind und Pfeile der Sehnsucht nach dem andern Ufer.

In all truly productive men instinct is the strong, affirmative force and reason the dissuader and critic.

Thus months and years passed by for the lonely one; but his wisdom grew and caused him pain with its fullness.

But when Zarathustra was alone, he addressed his heart thus: "Can it really be possible? This old holy man in his forest still hasn't received any notice that God is dead!

and only when you have all denied me will I return to you. Verily, with dierent eyes, my brothers, shall I then seek my lost ones; with a dierent love shall I then love you

Das Individuum musste immer darum kämpfen, nicht von der Horde überwältigt zu werden. Wer es versucht, wird sehr oft einsam sein und manchmal voller Furcht. Doch kein Preis ist zu hoch für das Privileg, sich selbst zu gehören.

One who understands wanders among humans as among beasts.

If one goes through the individual moral statements of the documents of Christianity, one will find everywhere that the demands have been exaggerated so that man cannot satisfy them; the intention is not that the become moral, but rather than he feel as sinful as possible.

The morality that would un-self man is the morality of decline par excellence—the fact, I am declining, transposed into the imperative, all of you ought to decline—and not only into the imperative... This only morality that has been taught so far, that of un-selfing, reveals a will to the end; fundamentally, it negates life.

Shame, shame, shame—that is the history of the human!

A little poison now and then: that maketh pleasant dreams. And much poison at last for a pleasant death. One still worketh, for work is a pastime. But one is careful lest the pastime should hurt one. One no longer becometh poor or rich; both are too burdensome. Who still wanteth to rule? Who still wanteth to obey? Both are too burdensome. No shepherd, and one herd! Every one wanteth the same; every one is equal: he who hath other sentiments goeth voluntarily into the madhouse

Oh! Your poverty, ye men, and your sordidness of soul! As much as ye give to your friend, will I give even to my foe, and will not have become poorer thereby. There is comradeship: may there be friendship!