Famous People Quotations
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844~1900)
That which does not kill me makes me stronger.
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.
A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.
We should consider every day lost in which we have not danced at least once.
If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.
Woman was God's second mistake.
All truth is simple ... is that not doubly a lie?
The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart --not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death."
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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!
I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.
Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
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.
One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
Memorable Quotes
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.
Insightful Quotes cards
Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow.
One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!
Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.
All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.