Friedrich Nietzsche

"The highest human goodness is to discover your own way and follow it."

"Life is that which overcomes itself."

"All that is valuable must be defended."

"The strong shall prey on the weak."

"In the game of life we are not given the pieces we want. We are given the pieces we get and we must play the game with them."

"One must have good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes."

"Philosophical thoughts have to be able to withstand being put to the test by life."

"What does woman want? What does she know of herself?"

"The most common lie is the one we tell ourselves."

"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain."

"What a man is begins to mark itself out in his very first years."

"Great minds discuss ideas."

"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself."

"The most common form of despair is not being who you are."

"Distrust all those in whom the urge to punish is strong."

"The secret of great cultures is that they do not fear to lose old forms."

"Mature men pay homage to the great and then move on."

"Leisure is the mother of philosophy."

"One should be ashamed of one's shame."

"It is terrible to die of thirst in the ocean."

"What does not destroy me makes me stronger."

"The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort."

"Where there is no common love there is no community."

"We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving."

"The true spirit of the earth shines most clearly in morality."

"Those who cannot understand how to put together the pieces become frustrated."

"I have never been a friend of the masses."

"Whoever is not willing to endure pain must not expect anything from life."

"God is dead and we have killed him."

"The snake must eat itself."