Quotes About Friedrich Nietzsche

And finally, to call to mind the enormous influence which German philosophy--I hope you understand its right to inverted commas-

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

Whoever extolleth him as a God of love, doth not think highly enough of love itself. Did not that God want also to be judge? But the loving one loveth irrespective of reward and requital.

Modern pessimism is an expression of the uselessness of the modern world — not of the world and of existence.

When our head feels too weak to answer the objections of our opponent our heart answers by casting suspicion on the motives behind his objections.

A real man wants two things: danger and play. Therefore he wants woman as the most dangerous plaything. Man shall be educated for war, and woman for the recreation of the warrior: all else is folly.

It is true we love life; not because we are wont to live, but because we are wont to love. There is always some madness in love. But there is always, also, some method in madness. And to me also, who appreciate life, the butterflies, and soap-bubbles, and whatever is like them amongst us, seem most to enjoy happiness

The rest is abortion and not-yet-science: which is to say metaphysics, theology, psychology, epistemology.

Everywhere the voice of those who preach death is heard; and the earth is full of those to whom one must preach death. Or "eternal life"—that is the same to me, if only they pass away quickly. Thus spoke Zarathustra.

By and large, pity runs counter to the law of development, which is the law of selection. Pity preserves things that are ripe for decline, it defends things that have been disowned and condemned by life. […] In the middle of our unhealthy modernity, nothing is less healthy than Christian pity.

Meanwhile, however, it is quite otherwise, meanwhile the comedy of existence has not yet become conscious of itself, meanwhile it is still the period of tragedy, the period of morals and religions.

There is one thing one has to have: either a cheerful disposition by nature or a disposition made cheerful by art and knowledge

Is not wounded vanity the mother of all tragedies?

On account of those absolute and impatient ones, be not jealous, thou lover of truth! Never yet did truth cling to the arm of an absolute one.

Nihilism. It is ambiguous: A. Nihilism as a sign of increased power of the spirit: as active nihilism. B. Nihilism as decline and recession of the power of the spirit: as passive nihilism.

The great majority of men have no right to life, and serve only to disconcert the elect among our race; I do not yet grant the unfit that right. There are even unfit peoples.

The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.

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

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

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

'Superman' had nothing to do with the superhero or physical power. It's a reference to the book 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra,' by Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote about the evolution of consciousness to reach a higher superman state.

Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise.

The so called unconscious inferences can be traced back to the all-preserving memory, which presents us with parallel experiences and hence already knows the consequences of an action. It is not anticipation of the effects; rather, it is the feeling: identical causes, identical effects .