Quotes By Friedrich Nietzsche

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

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

Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.

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

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

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

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

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

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

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

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