Christianity was from the beginning, essentially and fundamentally, life's nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in "another" or "better" life. Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche More Quotes From Friedrich Nietzsche The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race can no more be exterminated than the flea can be. The last man lives the longest. Friedrich Nietzsche race earth men Without the perpetual counterfeiting of the universe by number, man could not continue to live Friedrich Nietzsche perpetual numbers men At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. Friedrich Nietzsche being-yourself success life The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills. 'Behold , just now the world ... entire love. And woman must obey and find a depth for her surface. Surface is the disposition of woman: a mobile, stormy film over shallow water. Man's disposition, however, is deep; his river roars in subterranean caves: woman feels his strength but does not comprehend it. Friedrich Nietzsche rivers men thinking Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches. Friedrich Nietzsche wise wish hands One is honest about oneself either with a sense of shame or with vanity. Friedrich Nietzsche shame vanity honest When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous. Friedrich Nietzsche generosity littles men What a dissimilarity we see in walking, swimming, and flying. And yet it is one and the same motion: it is just that the load- bearing capacity of the earth differs from that of the water, and that that of the water differs from that of the air! Thus we should also learn to fly as thinkers--and not imagine that we are thereby becoming idle dreamers! Friedrich Nietzsche swimming air water One should steal only where one cannot rob. Friedrich Nietzsche stealing should The world was conquered through the understanding of dogs; the world exists through the understanding of dogs. Friedrich Nietzsche understanding dog world People buy their necessities in shops and have to pay dearly for them because they have to assist in paying for what is also on sale there but only rarely finds purchasers: the luxury and amusement goods. So it is that luxury continually imposes a tax on the simple people who have to do without it. Friedrich Nietzsche luxury shopping simple Three metamorphoses of the spirit I relate to you: how the spirit becomes a camel; and the camel, a lion; and the lion, finally, a child. Friedrich Nietzsche camels three children The Christian church is an encyclopedia of prehistoric cults. Friedrich Nietzsche cult church christian In constructing concepts, we overlook the fact that no two things are the same. There is no such thing as the concept of a leaf, only billions and billions of leaves. Friedrich Nietzsche leafs two facts Man alone resists the direction of gravitation: he constantly wants to fall--upwards. Friedrich Nietzsche flying men fall When on a Sunday morning we hear the old bells ring out, we ask ourselves, "Is it possible! This is done on account of a Jew crucified two thousand years ago who said he was the Son of God. The proof of such an assertion is wanting". Friedrich Nietzsche sunday morning son I will make an attempt to attain freedom, the youthful soul says to itself; and is it to be hindered in this by the fact that two nations happen to hate and fight one another, or that two continents are separated by an ocean, or that all around it a religion is taught with did not yet exist a couple of thousand years ago. All that is not you, it says to itself. Friedrich Nietzsche couple hate ocean When I was twelve years old I thought up an odd trinity: namely, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Devil. My inference wasthat God, in contemplating himself, created the second person of the godhead; but that, in order to be able to contemplate himself, he had to contemplate, and thus to create, his opposite.--With this I began to do philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche god philosophy father The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity. Friedrich Nietzsche triumph sensual love Let old ones go. Dont be a memory-monger! Once you were young──now you are even younger. Friedrich Nietzsche young memories
