Nietzsche, Friedrich

"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

"A artist has no home in Europe except in Paris."

"The higher the type of a man, the greater the improbability that he will form friendships."

"Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius."

"My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati."

"Without music, life would be a mistake."

"Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood."

"You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame."

"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."

"Talent is not something we are born with; it must be cultivated, and this is a lifetime affair."

"One does not go to war for religion, but one makes use of religion to go to war."

"Whoever is not willing to see the height of a man's ability has to pay the price."

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

"That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil."

"Lord, give me the beauty to attract, enough money to command, and give those who desire me to forget to return to their homes."

"Art is the great stimulus to life."

"Egoism is the law of nature."

"The degree and the kind of a man's sexuality reach up into the topmost summit of his spirit."

"The most common form of human stupidity is forgetting what one is trying to accomplish."

"All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth comes only from the senses."

"Sleeping is no mean art; for its sake one must stay awake all day."

"Not lack of love, but lack of friendship makes unhappy marriages."

"One should be stern, but not with the sternness of a judge."

"The purpose of life is not happiness. It is usefulness."

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

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."

"In every genius there is a new consciousness awake."

"The noble human being honors himself."

"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."

"A man can endure almost any how if he has a why."