Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher German 1844 – 1900

German philosopher; critiqued religion; proclaimed God is dead.

376 quotes

"The moment one has understanding, sickness is half-cured."
Health
"You are not yet free; you are still too much a prisoner of your passions."
Freedom
"The sick person needs other sick people as company."
Relationships
"True listening requires forgetting what you wanted to say."
Patience
"A thought comes when the god wills it, and not when I will it."
Creativity
"The man who sees two or three generations is the truly wise."
Wisdom
"Suffering and joy are not opposites; they often occur together."
Life
"The enemy is the outgrowth of our own unexamined weaknesses."
Truth
"One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star."
Imagination
"The highest state is to help others achieve the highest state."
Leadership
"All things that are truly great are achieved through suffering."
Perseverance
"Praise is often a form of control."
Power
"The will to truth is not the same as the will to knowledge."
Truth
"A man dies when he stops learning."
Knowledge
"Modesty is often the mask of the ambitious."
Wisdom
"The concept of love has been corrupted by those who seek possession."
Love
"One must be born for one's deed."
Success
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
Art
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas."
Wisdom
"Those who are afraid do not live; they merely exist."
Courage
"To be ashamed of one's immortality is to be ashamed of being human."
"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the certainty of the ignorant."
Knowledge
"We are not angry at people who tell us the truth."
Truth
"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill the human heart."
Motivation
"One becomes an author only when something has been suffered deeply."
Literature
"Talent is not enough; one must also have the will to use it."
Success
"Health is a measure of how well one can continue the struggle."
Health
"The greatest danger comes not from enemies, but from those closest to you."
"To live dangerously is to live truthfully."
Adventure
"The person who feels most gratitude is the one who still has much to learn."
Gratitude