“Become who you are.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
“The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
“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.”
“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.”
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
“I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.”
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.”
“All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.”
“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.”
“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”
“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.”
“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.”
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.”
“That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.”
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.”
“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.”
“Man is the cruelest animal.”
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”
“What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.”
“The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.”
“Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.”
“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”
“One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.”
“That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.”
“We have art in order not to die of the truth.”
“Art is the proper task of life. ”
“Live dangerously.”
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
“Amor Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.”
“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.”
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”
“One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.”
“God is dead, God remains dead, and we have killed him.”
“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier and simpler.”
“And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.”
“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
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