Friedrich Nietzsche Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Friedrich Nietzsche quotes, Friedrich Nietzsche sayings, and Friedrich Nietzsche proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness. Friedrich Nietzsche
One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. Friedrich Nietzsche
The future influences the present just as much as the past. Friedrich Nietzsche
The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition. Friedrich Nietzsche
A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch. Friedrich Nietzsche
We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. Friedrich Nietzsche
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. Friedrich Nietzsche
Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present. Friedrich Nietzsche
The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them. Friedrich Nietzsche
In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men. Friedrich Nietzsche
Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow. Friedrich Nietzsche
Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even superficial. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Friedrich Nietzsche
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them. Friedrich Nietzsche
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Friedrich Nietzsche
The most vulnerable and yet most unconquerable of things is human vanity; nay, through being wounded its strength increases and can grow to giant proportions. Friedrich Nietzsche
Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals. Friedrich Nietzsche
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche
There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. Friedrich Nietzsche
Like tourists huffing and puffing to reach the peak we forget the view on the way up. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Friedrich Nietzsche
Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the point of exhaustion. Friedrich Nietzsche
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. Friedrich Nietzsche
Follow in the footsteps of your fathers' virtue! How could you hope to climb high unless your fathers' will climbs with you? Friedrich Nietzsche
In affability there is no hatred of men, but for that very reason there is all too much contempt for men. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb anddance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. Friedrich Nietzsche
Not doubt, certainty is what drives one insane. Friedrich Nietzsche
The charm of knowledge would be small indeed, were it not that there is so much shame to be overcome on the way to it. Friedrich Nietzsche
Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of cynicism. Friedrich Nietzsche