Friedrich Nietzsche

"In the descent to madness, we find our greatest truths."

"Power is not stolen; it is taken by those who dare."

"Suffering is the price we pay for consciousness."

"Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not."

"The artist must first understand the world before transforming it."

"Every great thing must first be small, and every long journey begins with a single step."

"Those who know the value of time never waste it on trivial matters."

"I love the great despaisers because they are the great admirers."

"Books and philosophers are the mirrors of the soul."

"One must have deep chaos within to birth a dancing culture."

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

"Truth is not always beautiful, nor beauty always true."

"War is the natural condition of humanity; peace is merely an illusion."

"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking."

"The world is not a stage; it is a will to power."

"Pity is the virtue of the weak; strength is the virtue of the strong."

"Every man finds it difficult not to think he is just."

"The man of knowledge must be able to love his enemies."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge itself."

"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."

"One should never forget the profound difference between the sexes."

"Music is the passion of my life."

"The greatest events and thoughts are the least noticed by the world."

"Democracy is the mediocrity of the herd."

"Gratitude is not a virtue we learn from books."

"We fear what we do not understand."

"The ladder of knowledge is the ladder to heaven."

"All evil comes from weak moments; strong men overcome it."

"Only the solitary can create; only the strong can build empires."

"Work is the noblest of human endeavors when done with excellence."