Friedrich Nietzsche

"One does not go to the end of existence to find security."

"You cannot have beauty without struggle and striving."

"In your aloneness, you have the greatest freedom."

"The eternal recurrence: would you wish to live your life exactly as you have lived it?"

"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."

"A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends."

"The concept of cleanliness is understood differently by each epoch."

"We loved each other in the manner of those who seek to transcend themselves."

"One repays a teacher badly if one always remains a student."

"The secret is not told through words but through living."

"I teach that we should care for the moment and not worry about distant rewards."

"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly."

"Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity; those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity."

"In the human world, the only certainty is the will to power."

"Greatness requires discipline, not inspiration."

"The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only agony."

"We live for ourselves only if we also live for others."

"Every word is a prejudice."

"The love of man ought to be love of an end, not means."

"One should not make things more difficult than they are."

"In marriage, the question of the dominate partner is often the unspoken war."

"The price of maintaining untruth is often far greater than telling a difficult truth."

"Life is at its best when it is abundant, creative, and affirming."

"Fear is the source of most cruelty."

"To become who you truly are is the life's work of a human being."

"The one thing needful is the discipline to develop one's natural gifts."

"Only the weak seek vengeance; the strong simply move forward."

"We have art so that we do not perish from the truth."

"A warrior does not give up what he loves; he finds love in what he must do."

"Everything good is hard."