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.'

Astrology presupposes that the heavenly bodies are regulated in their movements in harmony with the destiny of mortals: the moral man presupposes that that which concerns himself most nearly must also be the heart and soul of things. Friedrich Nietzsche
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us. 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
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself. Friedrich Nietzsche
In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs. 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. Friedrich Nietzsche
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything. Friedrich Nietzsche
If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish. Friedrich Nietzsche
All truth is crooked, time itself is a circle. Friedrich Nietzsche
These small things - nutrition, place, climate, recreation, the whole casuistry of selfishness - are inconceivably more important than everything one has taken to be important so far. Friedrich Nietzsche
Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness. Friedrich Nietzsche
Scholarship has the same relationship to wisdom as righteousness has to holiness: it is cold and dry, it is loveless and knows nodeep feelings of inadequacy or longing. Friedrich Nietzsche
Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who attains his ideal, precisely thereby surpasses it. Friedrich Nietzsche
The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist. Friedrich Nietzsche
The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist. Friedrich Nietzsche
Every profound spirit needs a mask: even more, around every profound spirit a mask is continually growing. Friedrich Nietzsche
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
Madness is the result not of uncertainty but certainty. Friedrich Nietzsche
Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy. Friedrich Nietzsche
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. Friedrich Nietzsche
Men should learn to live with the same seriousness with which children play. Friedrich Nietzsche
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play. Friedrich Nietzsche
The belly is the reason that man does not easily mistake himself for a god. Friedrich Nietzsche
All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance. Friedrich Nietzsche
The final reward of the dead - to die no more. Friedrich Nietzsche
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. Friedrich Nietzsche
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche
The child as a monument to the passion of two people; the will to oneness in two. Friedrich Nietzsche
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche